In the scope of the
teachers’ voluntary certification, pilot testing was carried out in Kutaisi, on 27-28, February.
The pre exam
experimental tests were prepared by the National Examination
Center. The testing was
held at 4 centers at the same time. The textual tasks, the process of exam
administration mechanisms as well as the informational-technological support were examined.
The teachers from
Imereti, Samegrelo, Guria and Achara passed the pilot exams. The testing was held in
Mathematics, Georgian Language and Literature and professional abilities.
The testing, carried
out on 27, February, started at 11 o’clock, at Kutaisi public school #3. The process was
observed by the Deputy Minister of Education and Science, Ms. Irine Kurdadze,
Mayor of Kutaisi, Giorgi Tevdoradze and the Director of National Examination
Center, Ms. Maia Miminoshvili.
Taking part in the
certification is voluntary and it is financed by the government. Firstly, the
exams will be held in Georgian Language and Literature, Foreign Languages and
Mathematics. Majority of these subject matter teachers have already passed
additional training courses, financed by the government.
The first
certification exams will be held in Summer, 2010. National Examination
Center will provide the
exams with specifically created tests and will carry out the examining process.
Experts of the center began working on the content and the format of the
certification exams two years ago.
