(Tbilisi. March 31, 2003. Civil Georgia) – President Shevardnadze said he is against of Tbilisi City Council – Sakrebulo’s decision to establish municipal schools in the capital city.
He said that the schools should be under the control of the Education Ministry.
The opposition-controlled Tbilisi City Council ruled on January 29 to establish the municipal schools. According to the proposal the schools would be managed by specially created board of trustees, a council approved by a local governance body and the council of teachers. The board of trustees, consisting of 5 elected parents and 4 teachers elects a school principal.
However, the decree was suspended after the Ministry of Education appealed to the Tbilisi court on March 21.
Many experts as well as the authorities say that the confrontation between the City Council and the Education Ministry on the issue of school management exists because of political reasons and aggravates on the eve of the upcoming Parliamentary elections.
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