Document Confirming General Education – სახელმწიფო სერვისების განვითარების სააგენტო

Official documents certifying general education are issued at the branches of LEPL Public Service Hall and the territorial offices of the Agency (based on the electronic database of the LEPL Education Management Information System)

Official documents certifying general education

Official documents certifying general education include following:

Document of basic general education – Basic General Education Diploma (Grade 9 Diploma)
Document of general education – Full General Education Diploma (Grade 12 Diploma)

Official document certifying general education is issued based on an application of a pupil of 14 years of age holding an identity document or the legal representative of a pupil (parent, agent).

Official document of general education

To obtain a general education diploma, an interested person shall submit the following documents:

Identity document;
Document of change of given name and/or surname of a pupil, in case of change of given name and/or surname;
Document of representative powers, if an application is filed by a legal representative or an agent.

Duplicate of general education diploma

If an interested person fails to apply to the territorial offices of the Public Service Development Agency or the Public Service Hall branches for obtaining an official document certifying general education before 31 December of the year of completion of an educational programme, only a duplicate official document certifying general education will be issued to an interested person if they apply after 1 January of the next year.

Duplicate official document certifying general education will also be issued when application for re-issuance of the document is submitted.

Duplicate official documents certifying general education

Document certifying basic general education – Duplicate Basic General Education Diploma (Grade 9 Diploma)

Document certifying general education – Duplicate Full General Education Diploma (Grade 12 Diploma)

Duplicate official document certifying general education is issued based on an application of a pupilof 14 years of age holding an identity document or the legal representative of a pupil (parent, agent).

Documents to be submitted for obtaining a duplicate official document certifying general education:

a) If the electronic database of the LEPL Education Management Information System contains information about completion by a pupil of an educational programme, an interested person shall submit the following documents:

Identity document;
Document of change of given name and/or surname of a pupil, in case of change of given name and/or surname;
Document of representative powers, if an application is filed by a legal representative or an agent.

b) If the electronic database of the LEPL Education Management Information System does not contain the data of a pupil, an interested person shall submit one of the following documents:

A reference issued by a relevant educational institution or the LEPL National Archives of Georgia specifying the title, number and date of an individual administrative act issued by the director of a relevant educational institution proving the completion of an educational program by the person to whom a duplicate official document certifying general education is to be issued;
An individual administrative act issued by an authorized body, or a court judgment recognizing the basic general education or full general education;
A document issued by an authorized body proving the completion by a person of a general educational programme by external studies.

c) If the electronic database of the LEPL Education Management Information System does not contain the data of a pupil and an interested person fails to submit one of the above-mentioned documents, territorial office of the Public Service Development Agency or the Public Service Hall shall be authorized to review the application within one month following the submission of the application.

Processing times and fees

The processing fee for issuance of an official document certifying general education before 20 June of the year of completion of an educational programme is different from the processing fee for issuance of the document from 20 June until the end of the year.

For issuance of an official document certifying general education before 20 June of a calendar year:

10^th working day – free of charge;

5^th working day – GEL 45;

3^rd working day – GEL 65;

2^nd working day – GEL 85;

The day of filing an application – GEL 95.

For issuance of an official document certifying general education after 20 June of a calendar year:

10^th working day – free of charge;

5^th working day – GEL 25;

3^rd working day – GEL 40;

2^nd working day – GEL 55;

The day of filing an application – GEL 65.

For issuance of a duplicate document certifying general education:

10^th working day – GEL 75;

5^th working day – GEL 95;

3^rd working day –GEL 120;

Within 2 working days – GEL 130;

Within one month after submission of application – GEL 40 (If the electronic database does not contain the data of a pupil and an interested person fails to submit one of the above-mentioned documents).

Note: Duplicate official document certifying general education may be issued in an expedited way (within 2, 3, 5 working days) only in case a pupil’s data are found in the the electronic database of the LEPL Education Management Information System when an application is filed.