The 2025 Unified National Examinations officially began on July 3, launching with the Georgian Language and Literature exam, which was held in two sessions. The entire process was conducted in a calm and organized atmosphere.
The Director of the NAEC Nino Tsereteli, along with the newly appointed Minister of Education, Science and Youth of Georgia, Givi Mikanadze, visited examination centers to observe the process firsthand.
This year, 24 examination centers have been established across Georgia, including in major cities such as Tbilisi, Batumi, Kutaisi, Zugdidi, Poti, Akhaltsikhe, Gori, Ozurgeti, Rustavi, Telavi, Khulo, and Ambrolauri. These centers are serving approximately 80,000 registered candidates.
Key Dates for Other Exams
Teacher Certification Exams: Begin July 8
Student Grant Competition: Scheduled for July 10
Common Master’s Exam: Held on July 21–22
To support test takers, additional transportation has been arranged from metro stations to examination centers on each exam day. Candidates can find detailed transportation schedules and instructions on the official website: www.naec.ge.
Registration Overview
Unified National Exams: Over 39,000 applicants
Student Grant Competition: More than 2,400 participants
Master’s Degree Exams: Over 10,000 registered candidates
Teacher and Teacher Candidate Exams: Over 24,300 applicants
The 2025 examination cycle will conclude on July 23, marking the end of a crucial phase for thousands of students and professionals striving for academic and career advancement.
The 2025 examination season in Georgia is set to officially begin on July 3 with the launch of the Unified National Exams. The first subject on the agenda for applicants will be Georgian Language and Literature. The national exams will conclude on July 22 with the Visual and Applied Arts exam.
Meanwhile, those registered for the Teacher Certification Exams will enter the examination process starting July 8, and the Student Grant Competition is scheduled for July 10. For graduate degree candidates, the Common Master’s Exam will be held on July 21-22.
Detailed information about individual exam dates, reporting times, and the addresses of testing centers will be provided on each applicant’s personal examination card. Applicants will be able to print their exam cards from their registration page starting June 20.
The National Assessment and Examinations Center (NAEC) is actively preparing to ensure that the examination process runs smoothly. Preparatory steps already completed include trial testing of exam materials, along with training and assessments for all individuals involved in the examination process.
Currently, the NAEC is in the process of printing and sorting answer sheets, draft papers, and support materials such as maps and periodic tables of chemical elements. Final preparations are also underway to equip the examination laptops with the necessary software. Additionally, an independent team of experts is finalizing the identification and analysis of special requirements for candidates who need accommodations, based on their applications and submitted Form N100.
As in previous years, exam centers for 2025 will operate in multiple locations across the country, including Tbilisi, Batumi, Zugdidi, Kutaisi, Poti, Akhaltsikhe, Gori, Ozurgeti, Rustavi, Telavi, Khulo, and Ambrolauri. Soon, the NAEC will begin equipping these centers with all necessary supplies.
To help applicants better prepare, the NAEC has already hosted several Open Days throughout Georgia, both in-person and online. Another informational session is planned in the near future to provide comprehensive guidance on the exam process and regulations. The exact date of this meeting will be announced soon on the NAEC’s official website and Facebook page.
Additionally, an organizational meeting has already been held to coordinate preparations for the exams. Participants discussed detailed action plans and outlined key steps leading up to the exams.
This year, approximately 80,000 applicants have registered to take part in the Unified National Exams, the Common Master’s Exam, Teacher Certification Exams, and the Student Grant Competition.
Stay tuned for further updates and make sure to regularly check the official platforms of the National Assessment and Examinations Center for the latest information.
On Thursday, the 17th of October the winners of the National School Olympiad 2023-2024 academic year were awarded by the Minister of Education, Science and Youth of Georgia, Aleksandre Tsuladze, and the Director of the National Assessment and Examinations Center, Nino Tsereteli.
The Minister congratulated the outstanding students on their success, presenting them with special prizes and diplomas in recognition of their achievements.
Aleksandre Tsuladze remarked: “Today, we celebrate the exceptional talent gathered here. This is a great victory, and I encourage you all to continue deepening your knowledge and pursuing excellence throughout your lives. Our team has already represented Georgia at the International Olympiads, and I am confident that our students will continue to bring pride to our country with many more victories ahead. You are the future of Georgia, and I thank each of you for your hard work and success. I firmly believe in your abilities and hope that with your knowledge and dedication, you will contribute to building a brighter future for our country.”
Around 50 students were awarded during the event, with the top ten receiving additional gift vouchers.
In the 2023-2024 academic year, over 26,300 students participated in the National School Olympiad. Of these, more than 7,000 advanced to the second round, and 600 made it to the third round.
The National School Olympiad, organized annually by the National Assessment and Examinations Center, begins with an electronic first round in which all interested schools may participate. The Olympiad aims to motivate students and identify potential candidates to represent Georgia in international competitions.
Online registration for the National School Olympiad will begin on October 24 and will continue until November 14 at 6:00 p.m.
The National Assessment and Examinations Center (NAEC) organized an open door day for prospective university entrants to provide information and guidance about the upcoming 2024 Unified National Exams.
The event aimed to familiarize students with the exam structure, content, and procedures, as well as to address any questions or concerns they might have had about the exams. Attendees received comprehensive responses to their inquiries, and took part in a mock registration process to elucidate technical aspects.
Representatives of the center, including subject experts, shared detailed information on registration procedures and the preparatory phase for the exams to aspiring participants.
The National Assessment and Examinations Center intends to organize open door days across various regions of Georgia. Additionally, online sessions will be arranged, accessible to all interested parties. Detailed information will be available on the National Assessment and Examinations Center’ website and Facebook page.
On Wednesday, the 26th the Unified National Exams for entrants finished with the physics exam. Student Grant Competition as well as Teachers’ Subject Exams were also conducted. The centralized exams 2023 will wrap up on July 28 with the Common Master’s Exam.
This year we had a record number of examinees. More than 75 000 applicants registered for the exams 2023. Attendance rate was 94% and only 50 people were late.
We are happy to share that none of the applicants have been dismissed from the exams. I would like to thank all of the examinees for respecting the examination rules!
As for the results, currently the marking process is being carried out and the results will be published in August after which applicants will have time to appeal.
Director of the National Assessment and Examinations Center, Dr. Sophia Gorgodze
The Exams 2023 started off with the Unified National Exams on July the 3rd.
A record number of examinees registered for the Unified National Exams – more than 45,000 entrants;
Student Grant Competition – more than 3,000;
Common Master’s Exam – more than 10,000;
Teacher’s Subject Competency Exam – more than 16,000;
Special Teacher Exam – about 2,500.
24 examination centers were operating during this year’s exams throughout Georgia. Exam centers were available in Tbilisi, Batumi, Zugdidi, Kutaisi, Poti, Akhaltsikhe, Gori, Ozurgeti, Rustavi, Telavi and Khulo. This year, for the first time, the examination center was opened in Ambrolauri.
The publication of the primary result will begin as soon as the marking is over, after which the examinees will be able to appeal. Entrants will have an opportunity to modify (delete or add) their list of educational programs anytime including the day after the publication of the results of appeal.
On Friday, the 9th Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study 2023 was completed in Georgia. 10 000 fourth and eighth grade students from 166 public and private schools took part in the research.
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study is conducted in more than 70 countries worldwide. It is organized by International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA). This year TIMSS marked the eighth cycle of the assessment since the inauguration of the study in 1995. Providing over 20 years of trend data, TIMSS has been a valuable tool for monitoring international trends in mathematics and science achievement at the fourth and eighth grades. Georgia has been participating in TIMSS from 2007 and the NAEC has been conducting the study ever since.
Like the previous TIMSS assessments, TIMSS 2023 will collect detailed information about curriculum and curriculum implementation, instructional practices, and school resources.
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study 2023 was conducted in a fully electronic format. Like in other developed countries, for the first time in Georgia, students were tested using the online administration method. Together with the students, their parents, teachers and school principals participated in the research.
TIMSS achievement data are accompanied by a rich array of contextual questionnaire data about how countries around the world deliver and improve learning in mathematics and science. Trend results across study cycles permit countries to monitor the effectiveness of their educational systems in a global context.
In order to ensure highly efficient administration of the survey, the National Assessment and Examinations Center conducted nationwide trainings for survey proctors and administrators. 242 representatives of 166 schools participated in the trainings.
It is important that in the current cycle the participation rate of students, teachers, principals and parents were particularly high in Georgia. The research was conducted across the country in full compliance with international recommendations and standards. The research process was monitored and evaluated by international quality control monitors.
The results of the study will be available in 2024.
The National Assessment and Examinations Center hosted administrators and coordinators of the examination centers to discuss the latest updates regarding the upcoming exams.
The meeting was chaired by the director of the Center Sophia Gorgodze, the deputy Kakha Jamburia and the heads of the relevant departments of the NAEC.
Kakha Jamburia, Deputy Director of the NAEC
The Director of the National Assessment and Examinations Center thanked the administrators and coordinators of the examination centers for organizing the examinations and the work done in the past years. She wished each of them success in this year’s exams:
Sophia Gorgodze, the director of the Center
Some of you have been able to do the impossible during the pandemic, these very difficult 2 years – I appreciate it very much and thank you for that. I would especially like to wish success to those who will be an administrator or a coordinator for the first time this year, as they will make a significant contribution to the examination process. We have up to 90 thousand applicants in 2022 – this number is unprecedented in the history of the Center. This time too, our main task is to make each examinee feel that we have created an appropriate, decent exam environment for them after the exams are over. I believe that together we will achieve a common goal.
Sophia Gorgodze, the director of the Center
22 administrators and 22 coordinators are involved in facilitation of the 2022 exams. 22 examination centers have been opened throughout Georgia.
This year’s exams will start on July 4 with the Unified National Examinations.
The National Assessment and Examinations Center organized a workshop for school principals and teachers of Vake-Saburtalo and Old Tbilisi districts within the framework of the project “Assessment for Development”.
The event was held at the 55th Public School. Dr. Sophia Gorgodze, Director of the National Assessment and Examinations Center, and Dr. Eka Jeladze, Project Manager, discussed the test results with representatives of the schools involved in the project. The participants of the meeting once again received detailed information about the electronic platform of the report and its specifics.
The last large-scale pilot test for the electronic platform was conducted in more than 500 public schools throughout Georgia within the framework of the following project in May. Both Georgian and mathematics tests were taken by 5,000 to 7,000 students on each day of the testing. Students and parents, as well as teachers and principals, have recently received detailed diagnostic evaluation results. In order to better understand the electronic system and, in particular, the report module, the National Assessment and Examinations Center plans to conduct meetings for other schools involved in the project.
Explore more about “Assessment for Development” project here.
The National Assessment and Examinations Center is actively preparing for the exams 2022. Twenty two examination centers throughout Georgia have already been selected, equipped and are ready for hosting the upcoming exams.
A total of 90,000 examinees have been registered for the 2022 exams. More than 41,000 entrants, 2,500 students, 9,500 graduate students, 34,500 teachers and aspiring teachers will be testing out their skills and knowledge within two hottest months of summer. Therefore, the Center has taken extra careful measures to ensure comfortable and safe environment for all applicants and the staff members.
Answer sheets and supporting materials have been published, packed and are being delivered to each exam center. Hygienic tools have been distributed. Sound amplifiers and headphones, pens, information posters, and medicine needed for each center for emergency medical care are already inspected and ready to be sent to the centers. Exams are currently being conducted through a special program.
All the computers that will be used for the 2022 exams were tested and equipped with a special program. Including computers for listening to foreign languages. Exam servers are also being prepared.
The National Assessment and Examinations Center has selected, trained and re-trained the supervisors who, along with other staff of the Center, will manage the process on the spot in the examination centers. Administrators-coordinators, IT managers, assistants and other technical staff have also been appointed.
The staff of the National Assessment and Examinations Center continues to work to ensure the timely, smooth and transparent examination process.
The 2022 exams will start on July 4 with the Unified National Examinations.
Dr. Sophia Gorgodze, Director of the National Assessment and Examinations Center hosted Vali Hussein, Head of the Strategy Department of the State Examination Center of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and Elnur Abbasov, Head of Law, Civil Service Policy and State Strategy Division.
For the third year in a row, the National Assessment and Examinations Center has been assisting the SEC to develop Georgian language and literature exam materials for schools in the Republic of Azerbaijan for the 9th and 11th grade students. For its part, the State Examinations Center of the Republic of Azerbaijan together with the NAEC’s experts has developed an item bank for Teachers’ Professional Examination in Azerbaijani language and literature. The following exam will be conducted by the NAEC for the first time this year.
The meeting also touched upon the existing challenges in the field of assessment and future plans. The National Assessment and Examinations Center plans to further enhance cooperation with its Azerbaijani counterparts in the near future.
National Assessment and Examinations Center 