In accordance with the law, decisions made by the Authorization Councils of Higher, General and Vocational Education Institutions, as well as the Accreditation Council of Educational Programmes, can be appealed by the institution seeking authorization/accreditation at the Appeals Council or the court within one month from the date of introduction.

Members of the Appeals Council shall be appointed and dismissed by the Prime Minister of Georgia upon the recommendation of the Ministry.

Appeal should be drawn up in written form, and following should be noted in it:

a) Address to the Appeals Council;

b) Identity/name, address and contact information of the person submitting the appeal;

c) Name of the council whose decision is under appellation;

d) The title of the appealed resolution;

e) Request;

f) Circumstances that the request is based on;

g) List of documents attached to the appeal, if any documents are attached to it;

The Appeals Council does not review the case, if:

a) Decision appealed is under a court proceeding;

b) Appeal is submitted by an unauthorized person;

c) The deadline for submitting the appeal has expired;

d) The claimed issue is beyond the scope of the Appeals Council authority.

In the case of authorization, the Appeals Council is obliged to consider the appeal and take the appropriate decision within 60 calendar days from the receipt of the appeal, and in the case of accreditation - within 90 calendar days.

The Appeals Council makes one of the following decisions:

a) Shares the decision of the Authorization/Accreditation Council;

b) Returns the case for reconsideration to the Authorization/Accreditation Council.

In case the Appeals Council shares the decision of the Authorization/Accreditation Council, an interested party is authorized to appeal to the Court according to the regulations and within the time-frame stipulated in the legislation.

In case the Appeals Council decides to return the decision to the Authorization/Accreditation Council for further discussion, the relevant Authorization or Accreditation Council once again discusses the case according to the regulations of these Authorization/Accreditation Statutes and makes a decision within the time-frame set by the law.

The institution seeking authorization/accreditation may appeal the decision related to authorization/accreditation only once.

In accordance with Article 24 1 , paragraph 2 of the Law of Georgia “On Education Quality Improvement”, the following individuals have been appointed as members of the Appeals Council: 

 
 

Merab Khokhobaia – Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (LEPL), Associate Professor – Chair of the Board;

Lela Aleksidze – Dean of the Faculty of Education, Exact and Natural Sciences, Gori State University (LEPL), Associate Professor – Deputy Chair of the Board;

Ketevan Nanobashvili – Dean of the Faculty of Business and Technology, Caucasus International University LLC, Professor – Secretary of the Board;

Vladimir Adeishvili – Head of the Quality Assurance Office of the Faculty of Pedagogy, Akaki Tsereteli State University (LEPL), Associate Professor – Member of the Board;

Natia Iluridze – Head of the Kaspi Educational Resource Center, a territorial body of the Ministry of Education, Science and Youth of Georgia – Member of the Board;

Moris Dandurishvili – Principal of Public School No. 1 of Khashuri (LEPL) – Member of the Board;

Nino Chikvaidze – Director of IB Mtiebi LLC – Member of the Board;

Irakli Baramidze – Vocational Education Teacher at College Black Sea (LEPL) – Member of the Board;

Giorgi Omanadze – Vocational Education Teacher at Skillwill LLC – Member of the Board;

Lika Babluani – Vocational Education Teacher at „Gldani Vocational Training Center College“(LEPL) – Member of the Board;

Maia Khergiani – Director of the Mestia Preschool Institutions Union (NNLE) – Member of the Board;

Ketevan Gilashvili – Preschool Education Expert at the Department of Preschool and General Education of the Ministry of Education, Science and Youth of Georgia – Member of the Board.