The document summarizes enrollment trends in higher and vocational education institutions in Georgia from 2005 to 2010. It finds that total enrollment in public higher education institutions decreased over this period while enrollment in private institutions remained mostly steady. Enrollment in public vocational schools also declined significantly compared to a smaller drop in private vocational institutions. The document presents these trends through data on the number of institutions and enrolled students by year, as well as student admissions to vocational programs by specialization.

1. Higher & Vocational Education in Georgia Natia Meladze Global Development and Social Justice Information Resources for Development Professionals Professor: Kevin Rioux July 17, 2011 Tbilisi, Georgia

2. Enrollment Rate in Higher Education Institutions Higher education institutions and enrollment by type of study Number of institutions, unit Number of students, persons of which: Women Day-time Evening Distance learning Public institutions, total 2005/2006 25 113801 57935 97507 0 16294 2006/2007 18 110846 55875 94612 0 16234 2007/2008 19 81189 43223 74833 149 6207 2008/2009 20 66498 35527 66380 118 0 2009/2010 21 74056 40495 74056 0 0 Private institutions, total 2005/2006 140 30078 17402 27057 0 3021 2006/2007 148 29961 17346 29640 0 321 2007/2008 137 30914 18290 30334 411 169 2008/2009 109 27139 15825 26817 310 12 2009/2010 108 28654 16125 28654 0 0 Source: National Statistics Office of Georgia

3. Enrollment Rate in Vocational Education Institutions Number of students admitted to secondary vocational schools by specialization Public schools Private schools 2005/2006 2006/2007 2007/2008 2008/2009 2005/2006 2006/2007 2007/2008 2008/2009 Admitted, Total 7312 4745 148 57 3172 4138 1042 279 Industry and construction 259 281 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Transport and communications 452 185 N/A N/A 119 52 N/A N/A Agriculture and ecology 230 281 N/A N/A 17 50 N/A N/A Economics and law 1031 796 N/A N/A 175 124 N/A N/A Public health, physical training and sports 2487 1756 N/A N/A 2266 2062 602 279 Education 376 120 N/A N/A 23 10 N/A N/A Multiprofile schools 1519 994 N/A N/A 512 1790 399 N/A Fine arts and cinematography 958 332 148 57 60 50 41 N/A Source: Department of Statistics .

4. Trend of Enrollment in Higher & Vocational Education Institutions

5. Enrollment Rates for Higher & Vocational Education

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