TBILISI, October 6 – Georgia’s national higher education quality agency has regained its registration with EQAR, a European register for higher education quality assurance bodies.
The European Quality Assurance Register’s Registration Committee decided on September 22 to restore the status of Georgia’s quality control agency for higher education.
The decision was based on an assessment by the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education, or EQAR. According to the Ministry of Education, the restored status is a result of findings by international experts who examined changes made to Georgia’s higher education quality assurance system during 2024 and 2025.
The ministry said the review found that the Georgian center’s work and the country’s quality assurance mechanisms fully complied with the standards and guidelines used in the European Higher Education Area, which spans 49 countries across the Eurasian landmass.
In comments to news agency Interpressnews, Education Minister Givi Mikanadze said the decision is evidence that reforms in Georgia’s education system were moving in the right direction. He said the government has spent the past year working on changes to legislation and regulations intended to strengthen the independence of the National Center for Educational Quality Enhancement.
Georgia had asked ENQA to reassess the center and its level of independence. An international panel visited the country earlier this year and met center staff, government bodies, universities and experts before preparing its assessment. ENQA published its conclusions in June, after which the Georgian center formally applied for its EQAR status to be restored.
