South Caucasus - Navigating Challenges in Georgian Higher Education

In 2024, the World Bank Education Team in Georgia, under the analytical activity - Strengthening Higher Education and Research in South Caucasus, issued a call for policy research papers. The objective was to gain insights into existing challenges within the higher education sector from the perspective of the country's higher education stakeholders and to promote evidence-based policy discussions aimed at enhancing the quality of higher education and fostering research activities in Georgia. Through a competitive selection process, six research teams and individual researchers were awarded grants to conduct a three-month study in various areas of higher education. This report was produced to analyze key challenges in Georgia's current higher education landscape also drawing on the research findings from these studies