Distance Learning — Essence and Forms
Distance learning means conducting the educational process in a distance/electronic form or using other means of communication. It is carried out in two forms: synchronous communication — where the communication between sender and recipient of information takes place at the same time — and asynchronous communication — where that communication does not take place at the same time. A distance learning program is built in accordance with the requirements established by legislation for a general education program and/or for a subject or subject group contemplated by the national curriculum — distance delivery does not lower the quality set for the program.
The regulatory scheme is as follows: the decision on the admissibility of distance learning in Georgian general education institutions and on the period of its implementation, as well as on the institution that must use distance learning to deliver general education, is made by the minister through an individual administrative-legal act. The rules and conditions for conducting the educational process remotely and for assessing the results obtained are also approved by the minister — these detailed rules are governed by separate acts, and it is precisely those that must be consulted in a specific case.