Friday, December 5, 2025

Damage control after exam center chief's firing

Commenters without a photo of themselves and almost no friends were defending the government, using the same phrases and the word "probably". After the phenomenon had attracted attention, the "Shashkin bots" stopped using "probably" and instead wrote that they were "convinced" that the minister made the right decision (above).

TBILISI, DFWatch – The firing of the head of the National Examinations Center is being vigorously discussed in Georgia’s social media. Some claim that authorities are using fake identities to contain the political fallout.

Maya Miminoshvili was fired two days ago, two

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Georgia's education sector in crisis after 'political' firing

Maia Miminoshvili's dismissal has led to a wave of resignations within her staff, right ahead of the national exams. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s whole educations sector has been thrown into crisis, as right before the national tests over a third of the staff at the National Examinations Center have left their jobs in protest against the dismissal of their boss, which they believe

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Possible political firing could lead to mass resignation

Maia Miminoshvili says her dismissal as head of the National Examinations Center may be a consequence of her son participating in yesterday's opposition rally in Tbilisi. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – An employee of the Ministry of Education has been fired and says it might have been because of her son’s political activism.

Maya Miminoshvili, who was head of the National Examinations Center says that her son yesterday participated in a rally

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Teacher in Georgia fired for not loving Saakashvili

One of the teachers was fired because she didn't love Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili. (Photo: Rusiko Machaidze.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Teachers are suffering political discrimination in Georgia ahead of an important election.

Only in Shida Kartli, a region bordering on South Ossetia, 21 teachers were fired because their family members supported or were member of the largest

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Georgia's officials go to great lengths to be “liked”

Invitation posted on the Facebook page of Georgia's education minister, asking for pupils to join the competition 'My favorite school'. Pupils say the teacher forced them to 'like' their own school.

TBILISI, DFWatch – School children in Georgia are given as home assignment to ‘like’ their leaders. Having a popular official Facebook page has become essential to public figures of Georgia.

Users of the social networking site in the former Soviet republic recently started

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Teachers in Georgia fired for political beliefs

TBILISI, DFWatch – When Tamar Sukhiashvili, a teacher from the village Kakabeti, was told she was fired, it came as a surprise. The previous day, the school’s director had complimented her on her qualified work. The reason for her firing turned out to be that she held views supportive of the opposition. “I asked him … Read more