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: 

 
Goderdzi Buchashvili -Vice-Rector for Administrative Affairs at Georgian National University, Professor - Chair of the council;

Levan Nikoleishvili - Professor of LEPL David Aghmashenebeli Georgian National Defence Academy - Deputy Chairman of the Council;

Ketevan Gilashvili - Preschool Education Expert of the Department of Preschool and General Education Development of the Ministry of Education, Science and Youth of Georgia - Secretary of the Council;

Erekle Astakhishvili - Deputy Rector of LEPL Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University;

Irma Shioshvili - Deputy Rector of LEPL Iakob Gogebashvili Telavi State University, Professor;

Irakli Kordzaia - Dean of the Faculty of Tourism at LEPL Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, Associate Professor;

Ketevan Natriashvili - Head of the Vocational Education Programme Team of the German consulting company - PE Consult GmbH, Project Manager;

Anastasia Kitiashvili - Professor at LEPL -Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Director of the Institute for Social Psychology;

Joni Bochorishvili - Principal of LEPL Tbilisi City Public School N207;

Teona Tigishvili - Teacher at LLC "Geo Sky School"

Khatuna Barabadze - Manager of the Teacher/Director Profession Regulation Programme at the LEPL National Center for Teacher Professional Development and Head of the Georgian Programme at LLC "European School"

Tamar Chkonia -Early Childhood Education Component Lead for the Innovation, Inclusion
and Quality Project - Georgia 12Q (WB) - funded by the World Bank;