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Study on Adult Learning and Education in Georgia
VIII. Participation and non-participation
A detailed analysis of participation and non-par-
ticipation in adult education in the Georgian con- cational Education Action Plan 2019 for the
text is difficult due to the lack of a comprehensive
and transparent national monitoring and evalua-
tion system. Georgia does not participate in the
OECD Programme for the International Assess-
ment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC), and public
authorities have not yet implemented a regular,
comprehensive monitoring system for adult ed-
ucation. The gap in statistical data hampers the
evidence-based development of national policies
as well as the target group-orientated alignment
of adult education offers.
Only fragmented and
inconsistent information currently
exists about people who take part in
adult education programmes. The data
is however mostly reduced to formal
education, participation numbers, and
occasionally age groups. Virtually no
information is available on the motivation
to participate or not participate
in programme offers, or on the
participant’s socio-economic
background.
145 Bardak, U. (2020), p. 33
146 Bochorishvili, E. & Peranidze, N. (2020). Georgia’s Education Sector – Industry Overview. Galt & Taggart Research, p. 23
The “Report on the Implementation of the Vo-
Unified Strategy on Education and Science
(2017-2021)” refers to a study conducted by the
Georgian Statistics Service (Goestat), according
to which Lifelong Learning (LLL) in the population
above the age of 18 was 4.7% in 2017 and 4.2%
in 2018. The report does not describe the learn-
ing activities incorporated in the calculation, e.g.
whether these numbers also refer to non-formal
and informal learning activities. The Georgian
SDG Council provides data that indicates the
“Participation rate of youth and adults in formal
and non-formal education and training in the last
12 months, by sex and age group – 25-64” (see
Chapter IX). However, no information is provided
about how the data is generated, and the elec-
tronic monitoring system does not permit the data
to be filtered by sex and age groups.
Data from 2019 provides an insight into par-
ticipation by adults in formal education pro-
grammes 145146 . The data on the student distribution
in VET suggests that demand for VET education
is almost as high among adults as it is among
young people. Around 60% of all students were
below the age of 24 in 2019, around 35% were
between 25 and 50, and 5% were aged above
50. Adults are more likely to enrol in public VET
schools, whereas the enrolment rates of young-
er people are higher at private schools. Overall,
however, the total number of students enrolled in
VET schools remains small (between 10,000 and
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