Challenges of Georgia and Mechanisms for Implementing the Finnish Model in Teaching and Assessment

An international seminar on education policy issues was held at the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia, aimed at introducing the Finnish model of the education system and sharing accumulated experience. The seminar focused on such important topics as: upper secondary curriculum, formative assessment, and professional development of teachers.

The seminar was attended by Deputy Minister Irina Abuladze, Ambassador of Finland to Georgia Arja Inkeri Makkonen, founders of the Finnish International School in Georgia – Aieti Kukava, CEO of the consulting company "Alliance Group Holding", and Kimmo Kumpulainen, founder of the Finnish education consortium "Polar Partners", local and international education experts, as well as representatives of the Ministry and LEPLs.

The guests made a detailed presentation of the upper secondary curriculum introduced in the Finnish education system and provided useful recommendations to the Georgian side, which is currently revising the national curriculum for the same educational stage.

For her part, Irina Abuladze emphasized several important challenges facing Georgia's education system, specifically, increasing teacher motivation and the necessity of implementing a formative assessment system nationwide, and spoke about the steps already taken in this direction.