On today's episode we explore the development of secondary education in Georgia in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union and subsequent marketization processes.



The education sector widely privatized resulting in lower quality education, poverty wages for teachers and ideological conflicts over curriculum.



Why did this happen and what does it mean for secondary education in Georgia today?



Our guest is education expert and former school teacher Nika Maglaperidze




Nika Maglaperidze is a PhD student and administrator at the Centre for Public Education and Pedagogy at Maynooth University, Ireland. His research interests focus on educational theory, continental pedagogy, and curriculum studies. He is a former school teacher.




Read Nika's recent article here:


https://pie.journals.publicknowledgeproject.org/index.php/pie/article/view/1967


Episode music:


პანიკა - "სიგარეტი კლავს"


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