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Records: 8
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POLITICIZATION OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

Date: 2021-09-29
District: Kutaisi
Incident Category: Misuse of administrative resources , Involvement of the employees of the educational institutions in the campaign

2021-09-29 The representative of ISFED was informed about the ongoing pressure on the director of Kutaisi Public School #38, Aleksandre Kereselidze, on political grounds. Representatives of the local government and the ruling party are trying to have him hire teachers whom they trust and are interfering in the personnel policy in this way. The director was directly asked by Iuza Ugulava, Deputy Mayor of Kutaisi, to appoint a certain individual as ateacher, who is actively involved in the party a...

POLITICIZATION OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

Date: 2021-09-29
District: Tsalenjikha
Incident Category: Misuse of administrative resources , Involvement of the employees of the educational institutions in the campaign

2021-09-29 According to local representatives of For Georgia party, public school teachers are under pressure. As a result of pressure, they refused to represent the party in PECs. Teachers confirmed the fact to ISFED representative, but chose to remain anonymous. According to them, the pressure is exerted by Lira Ghurtskaia, the majoritarian candidate of the Georgian Dream. Ghurtskaia is also the head of the Tsalenjikha Educational Resource Center. ...

POLITICIZATION OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

Date: 2021-09-29
District: Ninotsminda
Incident Category: Misuse of administrative resources , Involvement of the employees of the educational institutions in the campaign

2021-09-29 On 6 September, Parvana TV broadcast information about a meeting of Georgian Dream with local population. The video shows Melania Vartanian, the director of the public school in the village of Patara Arakali. She speaks in support of the political party and calls on the population to vote for the ruling party in the municipal elections. An educator of Orojolari Kindergarten is also speaking in the same video. ...

POLITICIZATION OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

Date: 2021-09-28
District: Sighnaghi
Incident Category: Misuse of administrative resources , Involvement of the employees of the educational institutions in the campaign

2021-09-28 A representative of the ruling party approached a teacher of one of the public schools in Sighnaghi Municipality with an aim to engage her in the campaign and asked to compile a list of supporters in favor of the party. The teacher informed the representative of ISFED about the fact, but wished to remain anonymous. ...

POLITICIZATION OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

Date: 2021-09-28
District: Kharagauli
Incident Category: Misuse of administrative resources , Involvement of the employees of the educational institutions in the campaign

2021-09-28 On 1 September, a post in support of Lena Abashidze, the principal of the same school and the majoritarian candidate of the Khunevi community, was published on the official Facebook page of Vertkvichala Public School. Abashidze is a Georgian Dream candidate. The publicly published post shows the photo of the candidate`s nomination against the background of the Georgian Dream banner, which d...

INVOLVEMENT OF EMPLOYEES IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE CAMPAIGN

Date: 2021-09-16
District: Calka
Incident Category: Misuse of administrative resources , Involvement of the employees of the educational institutions in the campaign

2021-09-16 Principal of Tsalka First Public School Marine Berianidze attended the nomination of the mayoral candidate organized by the Georgian Dream during working hours. ISFED observer learned from the Educational Resource Center that the principal of the first public school did not go on vacation or take a one-day vacation. ...

INVOLVEMENT OF EMPLOYEES IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE CAMPAIGN

Date: 2021-09-16
District: Khelvachauri
Incident Category: Misuse of administrative resources , Involvement of the employees of the educational institutions in the campaign

2021-09-16 According to media reports, principal of Zede Tsinsvla Public School Natalia Kechekhmadze sent a link to a Facebook live nominating Georgian Dream mayoral candidates to her teachers in a general chat and asked them to write supportive comments. The content of the principal`s instructions is clear from the correspondence between the principal and the teachers. ...

INVOLVEMENT OF EMPLOYEES IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE CAMPAIGN

Date: 2021-09-16
District: Senaki
Incident Category: Misuse of administrative resources , Involvement of the employees of the educational institutions in the campaign

2021-09-16 According to ISFED, Senaki Public School principals and teachers are summoned to the ruling party`s offices and forced to campaign, including through indirect influence. Similar instructions are given by principal of Senaki Public School N3 Marine Naneishvili and teacher of Public School N2 Guli Barkalaia. The chairman of Senaki Sakrebulo Kakhaber Rusia is involved in organizing the meetings. At meetings hosted at party offices, public school teachers are instructed to engage in compi...