Introduced after the Rose Revolution to combat pervasive corruption and bribery in university admissions, the national exams were designed to ensure meritocracy, transparency, and equal access. By 2013, the system was fully matured, having replaced the previous fragmented and often corrupt university-specific entrance exams. The core principle remained: a student’s test scores, and nothing else, would determine their eligibility for a state-funded or tuition-based place at a Georgian university.
The first sign of trouble came not from the students, but from the proctors.
About halfway through the testing window, whispers started spreading across testing centers in Tbilisi, Kutaisi, and Batumi. “The scanners aren't reading the sheets.” 2013 erovnuli gamocdebis testebi
In what was meant to be a routine post-exam processing phase, the National Assessment and Examinations Center (NAEC) discovered a nightmare: Thousands of answer sheets—perfectly filled, humanly verified—were being rejected by the optical scanners as "unreadable."
At first, officials blamed the students. “Poor pencil pressure,” they murmured. “Incorrect bubble filling.” But as the pile of rejected sheets grew into the tens of thousands, a different truth emerged: The 2013 test forms had been printed with a slight misalignment in the bubble grid. Introduced after the Rose Revolution to combat pervasive
The scanners, faithful to their rigid programming, saw the misalignment and simply refused to cooperate. In technical terms: a registration mark failure. In human terms: a catastrophe.
2013 წლის ისტორიის ტესტი გამორჩეულად აქცენტირებული იყო XX საუკუნის საქართველოს ისტორიაზე (1921-1991). კითხვების 60% ეხებოდა საბჭოთა პერიოდს, 20% - დამოუკიდებლობის პირველ წლებს, 20% - შუა საუკუნეებს. Reading Comprehension (30 points)
Sections (2013 typical):
Reading Comprehension (30 points)
Cloze Test (20 points)
Situational Dialogues (20 points)