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Study on Adult Learning and Education in Georgia

state of implementation of the SDGs from 2014 situation on each SDG, including SDG 4, but
to 2015 and from 2015 to 2020, presenting none of the reports presented data on ALE
Georgia’s initiatives and the progress made when discussing SDG 4.
towards the 2030 Agenda. They describe the

Graph 5: Percentage of young people and adolescents achieving a fixed level of
proficiency in literacy and numeracy skills

4.6.1: Percentage of youth (15-24) and adolescents (15 years and older), achieving at
least a fixed level of proficiency in functional (a)literacy and (b) numeracy skills, by sex

According to the 2014 General Population Census of Georgia,
literacy among the population aged 10 and above is

%
99.90
99.85

99.80
99.75

99.70
99.65

99.60
99.55
2014 2019 2020

Source: Georgia SDG web portal www.sdg.gov.ge.

Actors and current projects

Georgia has received substantial donor support and provides budget support of EUR 30 million
over the past decade, particularly for the devel- for skills development and matching labour mar-
opment of its education and VET systems. The ket needs . The programme aims to improve
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European Union has been the biggest donor the employability of women and men in selected
to VET, with continuous support programmes regions by means of skill-matching services, life-

in place since 2009. The current, third EU pro- long learning skills provision, and entrepreneur-
gramme, Skills4Jobs, runs from 2019 to 2023, ship training opportunities.

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