---
title: "High School Licensing"
url: "https://legal.ge/en/service/education-law-en/high-school-licensing-en"
field: "Education Law"
description: "Opening a secondary school in Georgia: Article 32 — authorization for 9 years, Articles 2 and 6 — grades X-XI, optional XII and the certificate. Legal.ge."
reviewed: "2026-06-24"
updated: "2026-10-15"
publisher: "legal.ge"
---

# High School Licensing

> Source: legal.ge, https://legal.ge/en/service/education-law-en/high-school-licensing-en

Opening a secondary school in Georgia is done not through a "licence" but through authorization — a procedure established by Article 32 of the Law on General Education. The secondary level is its own independent authorization unit: the law defines it as grades X and XI plus an optional 1 year — grade XII — and it is precisely the right to implement this programme that is acquired through authorization. This page explains what authorization gives, for how long, and what completing the secondary level means for the pupil.

## Authorization, not a licence — Article 32

Under paragraph 1 of Article 32, as a result of authorization a legal person obtains the status of a general educational institution and is authorised to issue a state-recognised document confirming general education. The authorization standards are determined by the authorization statute of educational institutions, and the term of authorization is 9 years. Licensing as a separate procedure does not exist in general education — the word survives in everyday speech, but in substance the matter concerns authorization.

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### How does a secondary school operate?

Through authorization — Article 32: status, the right to issue a state document and a 9-year term.

### What does the secondary level include?

Grades X and XI and the optional grade XII; the outcomes correspond to level 4 of the National Qualifications Framework.

### Is authorization at the secondary level alone possible?

Yes — the secondary-level programme is an independent authorization unit.

### What is accelerated completion?

Only in exceptional cases, considering the pupil's capabilities, under the Ministry's rule.