Modernization of Educational Process as a Mean to
Satisfy the Requirements of Labour-market in the Field
of Culture Management
Georgian law about the Higher
Education
Parliament of Georgia
Higher Education System
Management
Georgian government
Prime-Minister of Georgia
Ministry of Education and
Science of Georgia
National Center for
Educational Accreditation
Teaching
University
(Bachelor and
Master
programs)
College
(Bachelor
programs)
60
20
College
7
12
40
4
4
15
Teaching University
28
University
0
State HEIs - 23
Private HEIs - 47
Bachelor’s Degree
240 ECTS
Higher Education Cycles
University
(Bachelor,
Master and
Doctoral
programs)
Certified medical
specialists (veterinary)
educational program and
residency
Master’s Degree
120 ECTS
300-360 ECTS
Degree of Certified
Specialist
(professional higher
educational program)
120-180 ECTS
Doctoral Degree
180 ECTS
Undergraduate programs – 411
Graduate Programs - 77
2008
29.8
53.6
16.5
2007
31.8
54.9
2006
29.9
56.5
0.1
Employed (hired)
13.3
0
Self-employed
13.6
0
Unemployed
Not stated
0
20
40
60
80
100
Employees by kind of activity
Agriculture
Mining and quarrying
Manufacturing
0.3
1.1
4.9
4.2
53.4
2007
9.9
1.1 4.2 1 2 3.8
7.3
3.5 2.6
0.2
Electricity,gas & water supply
Construction
Wholesale and retail trade
Hotels & restaurants
0.2
4.7 1.1 3.1
55.3
2006
9.6
1 4.5 0.8
1.5 4.5
7.6
3 2.4 0.1
Transport, storage and communications
Financial intermediation
Real estate and business activities
Public administration and defence
Education
0.3 5.1 1.32.5
54.3
2005
10.8
0.9 4 0.8
1.5 4.7
7.5
3.3 2.2 0.2
Health and social work
Other community
Private house economy
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Exterritorial organiaztions and bodies
41.4
27.6
25.3
3.5
13.6
8.9
7.3
15.6
6.3
7.7
2.6
0
2006
Primary
41.1
40
0.2
Basic
27
16.7
2.5
8
2007
Secondary
Primary vocational
Secondary vocational
4.3
0.4
Higher
Without education
2008
Employed by level of sex (%)
Male
Female
38.4
43.9
Primary
43.3
43
38.4
36.8
Basic
28.1
25.7
27
24.9
26.7
27.4
Secondary
Primary vocational
18.7
18.3
16.4
Secondary vocational
10.2
6.9
2.9
2006
7 7.5
0.2
2.2
7.5
0.2
2007
Higher
5.4
1.9
0.2
2008
8.6
7.7 7.5
4.1
3
8.6
5.1
0.2
Without education
2006
3.1
3.2
0.5
0.2
2007
2008
<20
17.3
20-24
25-29
30-34
35-39
18.4
40-44
45-49
50-54
12.4
12.1 11.2
8.9
2.1
10.2
7.3 6.6
4.8
4.1
0.5
4.2
3
1.3
2007
32.3
1.3
2008
18.5
18
17.7
17
16.4 16.7
27.7
8.7 9.2 8.4
6.2
2.3
2006
65+
13.3
10.7 10.5 10.1
7
4.6
60-64
18.2 17.3
17.3 16.6
13.7
55-59
17.5
17
14.1
12.8
11.9
11.4
10.9
10.5
10.5
9.8
9.8
22.6
19.8
18.1
18.5 18.1
15.1 14.7
9.2
3.5
Male
Female
14.5
12.6
12.3
11.3
Male
Female
7.6
7.1 6.46.9
10.1
10
9.2
6.6
4.6 5.3
0.6 0.4 0.8
4.9
4.7
9.3
10.1
7.4
5.3
9.5
8.9
8.5
8.3
7
5.5
4.3
3.3
1.2 1.61
3
1.5 1.7
0.9
42.4
39.9
31.6
4.7
17.9
16.9
16.2
0.5
39.2
35.5
31.8
7.1
0.2
0
4.9
2006
3.9
Primary
Basic
Secondary
Primary Vocational
Secomdary Vocational
Higher
Without education
0
0.2
4.4
2.8
2007
0.1
2008
Male
Female
44
40.6
39
37.3
37.3
25.9 24.4
5.2 6.2
5.7
0
2006
25.1
23.1 22.6
44
25.9 24.4
22.3
12.4
11.9
0.5
44.4
41.3
8.6
3.8
0.1
0
2007
2.8 2.7
0.1
2008
4
0.1
0.4
4
0
2006
3.9
0.3
0
2007
2.8
0.1
2.7
2008
0.1
40000
39624
Education
Humanities and Art
30000
Social Sciences, business and law
20000
18862
Science
13071
10000
11851
Engineering
8921
4430
4410
3714
138
0
Bachelor or Certified
physician program
1413
897 1320 198 135
Magistracy or Residency
3.5 516 719 359 1064 90 368
High Professional
Program
40000
30820
30000
20000
10000
0
17618
2407
7141
6488 6672
3754
Bachelor or Certified
physician program
5002
361
1865
854 1233 130 228
Magistracy or Residency
1702
141
57 781 1137 673
High Professional Program
Agriculture and veterinary
Health and welfare
•Museums
•Libraries
•Theaters
•Publishers
17
Unemployed
62
Employed in their filed
266
116
Employed in other field
Employed in Public Sector
84
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100
82
80
80
60
Unemployed
Employed in their field
42 43
38
40
20
0
43
11 10 13
21
16 19
2
Law Faculty - 629 graduates,
respondents - 109
Faculty of Economics and
Business - 126 graduates,
respondents - 94
24
22
9
14
1
Faculty of Education - 215
graduates, respondents - 47
5
Employed in other field
29
Employed in Public Sector
11
3
Faculty of
Humanities,Political and
Social Sciences - 316
graduates, respondents - 150
1
6
Faculty of Exact and Natural
Sciences - 244 graduates,
respondents - 128
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S – strengths
• Highly qualified academic personnel
• Lowest tuition fee
• Wide range of specialties at all three cycles of Higher Education
•5 scientific and research institutions at the Humanities faculty
•Educational programs in correspondence with the European credit transfer system
•Transparent and flexible educational programs (major and minor courses)
•Students’ self-government
W – weaknesses
• Programs give general, fundamental knowledge – lack of specialists of the specific profile
• Lack of modern methods in the teaching process
•Practice elements are less demonstrated in the educational programs
•Faculty does not have a webpage
•Material and technical resources require improvement and development
•Non-sufficient number of computers, no copying and scanning machines
•No implementation of exchange programs for students and academic staff
O – opportunities
•Implementation of new innovative teaching methods
•Participation in different competitions and projects
•Usage of new technologies in the teaching process
•Establishing contacts with foreign universities and signing memorandums
•Availability of exchange programs
•Integration with European education system as a part of Bologna System
•Contacts establishment with the potential employers, their engagement in the educational programs elaboration process, maintaining joint
projects
•Close collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia, National center of Education Quality
•Improvement of the education quality using internal and external control mechanisms
•Opportunities of finding additional financing sources
T – threads
•Loss or decreasing of interest in Humanities faculty
•Tendency among the students to choose English philology educational program, less interest in other humanities program
•High competition from larger and recognized state universities
•Alumni’s employment low rate; employment not in the field of their specialty
•A narrow segment of labor market
•Poor economic situation which is reflected on the students’ solvency
•Possibility of personnel and academic staff flow to other highly paid higher education institutions
•Budget resources limitation which hinders the improvement of the infrastructure development
•Possible tuition fee growth due to the current economic situation