The Ministry initiates public school textbook discussion
05.03.2018

The Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia has implemented the selection process for the innovative, modern textbooks of modern standards for the students of I-VI grade throughout Georgia. There are a number of subject specialists, together with psychologists, philologists and even legal representatives involved in the development process. 
The Ministry calls on the society to be more actively involved in the textbook selection process, as the major goal is to devise the best possible result, and that is precisely why, all interested parties - parents, teachers, subject specialists are invited to participate.  
In order for the new textbooks to fully comply with modern requirements and standards, in conformity with the age specificity, the National Curriculum was substantially modified. Consequently, the evaluation criteria and the evaluation system by itself was fundamentally altered. Additionally, all participants involved were retrained. The trainings were conducted in close proximity with the textbook authors, as well as with the assessment groups and other project administration. 

Due to the high interest of the approval process, and the support from the authors, there are 112 applications presented in 13 subjects, which renders to 795 items in terms of the electronic material. Moreover, according to the new development, all textbooks should include an auxiliary website, where additional resources and literary materials will be posted and frequently updated. 
The approval process is unique, in that the public discussion of such sort is held for the first time. Vocational feedback groups began to work on the textbook assessment at the end of 2017, and today, on March 5, 2018, The Ministry has successfully initiated the Public discussion through an electronic portal. The portal is accessible to public at any given time, and any interested individual has the possibility to supply the authors or the assessment teams with their opinion and/or outlook.

For any additional information, please follow the link: https://grifireba.emis.ge.

Your opinion can be presented in three main categories:

● Content Error - in case a mistake occurs in a historical or scientific fact, answer key or logical discussion is flawed.

● Technical Error - for any technical nature, such as font distortion, field infringement, missing or defected illustration.

● Recommendation / Opinion - Any kind of suggestion that is focused on general improvement of the textbook, the provision of ideas is anonymous.

Undoubtedly, another important aspect is that all public resources are available for public discussion. Despite the fact that there are numerous substantial flaws already identified s in a number of textbooks, it is important for the Ministry, that the public have access to all applications and no textbook remains without the public discussion.