Georgia's education system seems to be broken. It is no longer corrupt, which is good, but it does not deliver the quality that we all want and need. Our teachers are among the lowest paid in Georgia and in the world. Quality is an issue at all level of education, starting with preschools and ending with graduate and post-graduate education.
On Tuesday, April 19, 2016, ISET organized a public discussion on the question “Do We Need No Education?” This event features talks by ISET’s President Eric Livny and Giorgi Bakradze, a Master of the intellectual show “What? Where? When?” and Advisor to the Chairman of the National Bank of Georgia.
ISET is proud to welcome Professor Avner Shaked, a regular visiting scholar and a member of our International Faculty Committee. This year Prof. Shaked will teach a Game Theory class in the first year of our Economics MA program, and Industrial Organization (IO) in the second year.
Prof. Shaked’s most recent academic post was with the Bonn University, Germany, where he has been teaching economic theory. He also serves as a visiting professor at the Centre for Economic Research and Graduate Education – Economics Institute (CERGE- EI), in Prague. Since 1992 he has been a Fellow of the prestigious Econometric Society.