After the collapse of the Soviet Union, when the country regained its independence, the education system suffered a huge blow – then the so-called reforms were carried out in 2004, it can be said that they virtually destroyed the entire system, - Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili said at the presentation of the General Education Reform.
According to him, "this was an attempt to change our national identity, our DNA".
"After the collapse of the Soviet Union, when the country regained its independence, the education system was hit hard. There were many attempts of transformation, renewal, development, but then then the so-called reforms were carried out in 2004. Since then, it can be said that the entire system was virtually demolished and a new vision was presented, which served to conduct some new experiments on our youth. They wanted to invent a new Georgian, a new person. I would also say that actually it was an attempt to change our national identity, our DNA, etc. I will not continue. Of course, it was absolutely unreasonable and I would say an illusion, a utopia that ended very soon. Since we came to power, a lot of innovations have been initiated by a number of ministers, a lot of reforms have been implemented, but there are still challenges. Our Minister Giorgi Amilakhvari has a very good vision", said Irakli Garibashvili.