We believe that Friday’s meeting with the minister will be very important, as representatives of both universities [TSU and GTU] will attend, and we will have the opportunity to align our positions, Deputy Minister of Education Zviad Gabisona told journalists.

According to him, the main issues he discussed with professors over the past two days are resolvable.

“We believe that Friday’s meeting with the minister will be very important, as representatives of both universities [TSU and GTU] will attend and we will have the opportunity to align our positions. We are very optimistic about this issue - one thing is the political decision on reorganization, and another is the procedural aspect itself. I will refrain from going into details, but I believe that the main issues I discussed with [professors] over the past two days are resolvable,” Zviad Gabisona said.

Zviad Gabisona also responded to a question regarding the protest rallies held at universities, noting that protest is part of the democratization process.

“As for the issues raised by them, I believe that positive decisions will be made on many of them on Friday. Of course, this does not concern the issue of reorganization - there were many details that worried university representatives, and we believe these issues can be resolved,” Gabisona said.

The Parliament reviewed the legislative package under an accelerated procedure and adopted it in the third reading. One of the main changes concerns the reorganization of state-founded higher education institutions. Amendments to the Law on Higher Education were adopted in the third reading with 86 votes in favor and 10 against. Amendments were also made to the laws on the Development of Education Quality and on Science, Technology and Their Development.