The ICMI Representative for Georgia is nominated and elected by the Council of the Georgian Mathematical Union, which is the highest governing body of the IMU adhering organization.
The Georgian Mathematics Teachers’ Association (GMTA), founded in 2022, plays an important role in professional development. GMTA organizes seminars, teacher training activities, and manages a professional community with more than 11,000 teachers in GMTA Facebook group.
In addition, the online platform math.ge was established in 2020 during the pandemic. It provides teachers with structured electronic resources including theory, exercises, e-books integrated with simulations (Desmos, GeoGebra, PhET, CK-12), video lessons, and project-based materials (during the pandemic, Teleschool was created, where lessons for mathematics for 1-12 grades were recorded, using simulations and modern teaching methods). Resources are organized both as electronic textbooks and by grade level. The platform is widely used by schools and teachers.
Research in mathematics education in Georgia is mainly conducted within the research-intensive universities and research institutes, often connected to faculties of mathematics and educational sciences. Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University https://www.tsu.ge/en (TSU), Ilia State University https://iliauni.edu.ge/en/ (ISU), Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University https://bsu.edu.ge/?lang=en (BSU) and other higher education institutions run educational programs in education and mathematics teaching methodology.
The Annual International Conference of the Georgian Mathematical Union (the 15th was held in 2025) has a section on Mathematical Education and History of Mathemtics, in which many Georgian and foreign scholars participate. At Kutaisi Akaki Tsereteli State University (ATSU) the department of Teaching Methodologies annually hosts an international Scientific-Methodological Conference dedicated to current issues in teaching and education. The 13th conference was held in 2025.
There are several national educational research journals that occasionally publish studies in mathematics education, such as Mastsavlebeli.ge, Educationhouse.ge, STEAM Journal . Open access teacher-oriented resources are provided through math.ge, which includes structured digital textbooks, simulation libraries, and additional teaching and assessment materials. Universities also publish journals in this direction. It is worth noting the TSU annual popular-scientific journal “Mathematics” (10th issue in 2025). The aims of the journal are to popularize mathematical knowledge among teachers and students, to promote the professional development of mathematics teachers, and to engage students in the journey through the beautiful world of mathematics and in the process of solving interesting problems. At ATSU since 2021 the scientific-pedagogical journal “Elementary Mathematics“ (6th issue in 2025) has been published regularly. The journal features articles on various interesting topics in school mathematics, aiming to contribute to the teaching of both school and university-level mathematics.
Initial teacher education in mathematics is offered at Georgian universities, including TSU, ISU, BSU through the Faculties of Education. Teacher preparation typically combines subject knowledge with pedagogical training. For example, at TSU , the Department of Educational Sciences offers 60-credit teacher training educational program "Teacher". It prepares Mathematics teachers for grades I-VI and VII-XII.
It is carried out in 2 ways:
a) Independently - a graduate of the bachelor's program takes the subject competency exam and the TSU entrance exam. Within 1 year after enrollment, upon completion of 60 credits, he/she graduates and receives a certificate. This is a 6th level educational program;
b) A student of the Bachelor's program in Mathematics, who has completed 90 credits of the main specialty, may choose a teacher training program and complete it in parallel with the Bachelor's program.
300-credit integrated bachelor's and master's degree programs:
a) Integrated BA and MA Educational Program for Preparation of Primary School Teachers. All graduates can teach mathematics in grades 1-6;
b) Multilingual Education - Integrated BA and MA Educational Program for Preparation of Primary School Teachers. All graduates can teach mathematics in grades 1-4, and can optionally choose 10 credits on the topic of teaching mathematics in grades 5-6.
Continuous professional development is supported through the National Center for Teacher Professional Development and the national curriculum teams. Teachers are provided with model syllabi, sample lesson plans, assessment schemes, training and test banks to facilitate the implementation of curriculum innovations.
The Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia leads the national curriculum reform process, focusing on the alignment of standards with international practices. Experts working in the ministry and universities contribute to the development of new approaches, such as concept-based pedagogy and cross-curricular integration.
The National Curriculum of Georgia has been undergoing continuous reform since 2018. The previous version was based on learning outcomes and indicators for each grade level. The revised model now introduces stage-based standards, where outcomes and indicators are defined for the end of each stage (Grades 1–4, 5–6, 7–10, 11–12); content strands are organized as Numbers, Algebra, Geometry, Statistics & Probability; three overarching concepts are emphasized: Mathematical Model, Pattern, Logical Reasoning.
This reform supports concept-based pedagogy, giving teachers more flexibility in practice and providing tools such as model syllabi, assessment frameworks, and sample tests. Emphasis is placed on the application of mathematics in real-life contexts and interdisciplinary links.