О специальном профессиональном образовании

LAW OF GEORGIA

ON SPECIAL VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Chapter I – General Provisions

Article 1 – Purpose of the Law

The purpose of this Law is to regulate the process of providing special vocational education, to establish the rules for acquiring special vocational education and the status of a special vocational education institution in Georgia.

Article 2 – Legal grounds for special vocational education

Legal grounds for special vocational education shall be: the Constitution of Georgia, international treaties of Georgia, this Law and other normative acts of Georgia.

Law of Georgia No 3446 of 20 September 2018 – website, 9.10.2018

Article 3 – Definition of terms

The terms used in this Law shall have the following meanings:

a) special vocational education – education aiming to train a person for future professional service in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia and/or the State Security Service of Georgia;

b) (deleted – 25.5.2012, No 6300);

c) a trainer – a person training trainees for the purpose of developing their theoretical knowledge and practical skills;

d) a trainee – a person studying according to a special vocational education and training programme;

e) special vocational training – a learning process aimed at acquiring basic special vocational knowledge and skills within the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia and/or the State Security Service of Georgia;

f) retraining – learning aimed at acquiring special vocational knowledge and skills, different from previously acquired knowledge, due to the necessity of change in the specifics of special vocational occupation;

g) qualification upgrade – a learning process aimed at acquiring additional special vocational education and improving skills within the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia and/or the State Security Service of Georgia by a person with special vocational education.

Law of Georgia No 6300 of 25 May 2012 – website, 12.6.2012

Law of Georgia No 3958 of 8 July 2015 – website, 15.7.2015

Law of Georgia No 2615 of 27 June 2018 – website, 6.7.2018

Law of Georgia No 4083 of 22 December 2018 – website, 28.12.2018

Article 4 – Goals of special vocational education and training

The goals of special vocational education and training in Georgia shall be:

a) to provide the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia and the State Security Service of Georgia with qualified staff;

b) to ensure retraining and upgrading of qualification of the staff of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia and the State Security Service of Georgia;

c) to develop the system of learning in the field of special vocational education and training.

Law of Georgia No 3958 of 8 July 2015 – website, 15.7.2015

Law of Georgia No 2615 of 27 June 2018 – website, 6.7.2018

Law of Georgia No 4083 of 22 December 2018 – website, 28.12.2018

Chapter II – Procedure of Acquiring Special Vocational Education and the Programme of Special Vocational Education and Training

Article 5 – Right to acquire special vocational education

Everybody shall have the right to acquire special vocational education, except for persons who, under the legislation of Georgia, may not be admitted for service in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia or the State Security Service of Georgia.

Law of Georgia No 3958 of 8 July 2015 – website, 15.7.2015

Law of Georgia No 2615 of 27 June 2018 – website, 6.7.2018

Law of Georgia No 4083 of 22 December 2018 – website, 28.12.2018

Article 6 – (Deleted)

Law of Georgia No 6300 of 25 May 2012 – website, 12.6.2012

Article 7 – Programme of special vocational educational and training

1. A special vocational education and training programme shall be implemented to study the basic topics necessary for the staff of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia and the State Security Service of Georgia to perform their official duties and exercise the rights granted to them.

2. A special vocational education institution shall develop a special vocational education and training programme.

3. The procedure for admission to a special vocational education and training programme shall be determined, within their competences, by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia and the State Security Service of Georgia respectively.

Law of Georgia No 3958 of 8 July 2015 – website, 15.7.2015

Law of Georgia No 2615 of 27 June 2018 – website, 6.7.2018

Law of Georgia No 4083 of 22 December 2018 – website, 28.12.2018

Article 8 – Evaluation of trainees

1. A special vocational education institution must evaluate trainees according to fair and established criteria.

2. A trainee evaluation system and criteria shall be defined by special vocational education institutions, as provided for by the legislation of Georgia.

Chapter III – Status, Organisational and Legal form and Activities of a Special Vocational Education Institution

Article 9 – Status and organisational and legal form of a special vocational education institution

1. Special vocational education institutions are as follows:

a) the Legal Entity under Public Law (LEPL) called the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia, operating within the governance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia (‘the Academy’);

[ a) the Legal Entity under Public Law (LEPL) called the Academy of Public Safety and Police operating within the governance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia (‘the Academy’); (shall become effective from 1 March 2026) ]

b) the Legal Entity under Public Law (LEPL) called the State Material Reserves and Public Safety Service Agency operating under the governance of the Emergency Management Service, a state subordinate agency within the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia (‘the Agency’);

c) an appropriately authorised unit/institution of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia;

d) an appropriately authorised unit/institution of the State Security Service of Georgia;

e) the Legal Entity under Public Law (LEPL) called the State Security Academy operating within the governance of the State Security Service of Georgia (‘the State Security Academy’).

2. The Academy, the Agency, an appropriately authorised unit/institution of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia, the State Security Academy and an appropriate unit/institution of the State Security Service of Georgia shall:

a) carry out training under a special vocational education and training programme;

b) carry out training under a programme of retraining and qualification upgrade for the purpose of professional development, acquiring special vocational education, and developing and improving skills;

c) organise and implement appropriate special vocational training and retraining courses on the basis of a contract.

Law of Georgia No 2615 of 27 June 2018 – website, 6.7.2018

Law of Georgia No 4083 of 22 December 2018 – website, 28.12.2018

Law of Georgia No 1716 of 6 September 2022 – website, 16.9.2022

Law of Georgia No 1210 of 10 December 2025 – website, 17.12.2025

Article 10 – Administration of a special vocational education institution

A special vocational education institution shall be administered as provided for by its statute (regulations).

Article 11 – A trainer

For the purpose of developing theoretical knowledge and practical skills, trainees shall be trained by a trainer who must have a higher education or at least three years' experience in the relevant field.

Article 11¹ – Restriction for the staff

A person convicted for committing a crime against sexual freedom and sexual inviolability, determined by the Law of Georgia on Combating Crime against Sexual Freedom and Sexual Inviolability, and/or a person who has been deprived by the court of the right to work at an educational institution on the basis of the same law, may not be employed at a special vocational education institution.

Law of Georgia No 5762 of 17 March 2020 – website, 23.3.2020

Article 12 – Social and legal obligations of a special vocational education institution

1. During the training process, a special vocational education institution shall be obliged to provide an environment that is safe for health and life on the territory of the institution.

2. Additional social and legal obligations of a special vocational education institution shall be determined, within their competences, by the Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia and the Head of the State Security Service of Georgia respectively, as needed.

Law of Georgia No 2615 of 27 June 2018 – website, 6.7.2018

Law of Georgia No 4083 of 22 December 2018 – website, 28.12.2018

Article 12¹ – Implementation of special vocational education programmes by the State Security Academy

The norms regulating the activities of the special vocational education institutions as provided for by this Law shall also apply to the State Security Academy in order to ensure the implementation of special vocational education programmes within the State Security Service of Georgia which shall, in accordance with the Law of Georgia on Higher Education, implement an academic higher education programme, as well as an appropriate educational programme or course.

Law of Georgia No 1210 of 10 December 2025 – website, 17.12.2025

Article 13 – Entry into force of this Law

This Law shall enter into force upon promulgation.

President of Georgia                                                              M. Saakashvili

Tbilisi,

6 December 2011

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