Education
Top-level sackings at education ministry as Georgia unveils reforms
Six senior figures at Georgia’s Ministry of Education were dismissed on Monday just 10 days before the start of the new term. On Friday, Minister Mikheil Batiashvili was joined by Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze to unveil the government’s education shake-up. Temur Murghulia and Lia Gigauri, the deputy ministers for youth and vocational education, were among those fired, with their positions being completely abolished. Batiashvili also fired Maia Miminoshvili, the long-time director of the