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Cimalova, Katerina (2018)

Anti-Corruption Interventions: How Has Georgia Reformed the Education Sector

Bachelor thesis | International Studies (BA)

Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Georgia was permeated with corruption. The thesis discusses characteristics and examples of corruption in higher education system and main anti-corruption reforms and interventions in the education sector in post-Soviet Georgia. Three major reforms are discussed in detail 1)Equal access to education through Unified National Entrance Examinations 2) Improvement of quality of schools, through the European based system of accreditation 3) Higher effectiveness, through the institutional and staff restructuring. The thesis focuses on the level of corruption and the advancement of anti-corruption measures that, as this paper suggests, have significantly contributed to decrease of corruption levels in the country, especially by reducing opportunities for illicit behavior, restructuring and better checks and control.

Georgia

Corruption

Rose Revolution

Anti-Corruption

Education

Author

Cimalova, Katerina

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

International studies: Russia and Eurasia

Supervisors

Wilbrink, H.A.T.

ECTS Credits

15

Language

en