Kobakhidze’s statement yesterday on the new education reform is equivalent to his anti-European statement of November 28, 2024! This time, he is cutting us off not only from a European political future but also from the European education system! – wrote Georgia’s 5th President, Salome Zurabishvili, on social media.
According to her, Georgia is exiting the Bologna Process, whose membership twenty years ago enabled Georgian students to enter top European universities and succeed there.
“Yesterday, Kobakhidze’s statement on the new education reform is equivalent to his anti-European statement of November 28, 2024! This time, it disconnects us not only from a European political future but also from the European education system! Transitioning to the 3+1 higher education cycle (instead of the Bologna Process 3+2+3) means this!
Georgia is leaving the Bologna Process, which twenty years ago ensured that Georgian students could access and succeed in top European higher education institutions. This means losing equivalencies and exiting the European Higher Education Area (EHEA)… You know what that implies! Send teachers from Gori to Russia, while your children attend the most expensive European schools in Tbilisi and then private American or European universities!” – Zurabishvili wrote.
Salome Zurabishvili: Kobakhidze’s statement on the new education reform is equivalent to his anti-European statement of November 28, 2024 — this time, he is cutting us off from the European education system
