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    Financing of Inclusive Education in General Educational Institutions and Modern Challenges
    (Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, 2024-06-28) Tsinaridze, Ramin; Doctor of Business Management, Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics and Business / Department of Finance, Banking, and Insurance, Shota Rustaveli Batumi State University; Rijvadze, Giorgi; Doctoral Student, Business Administration, Faculty of Economics and Business / Department of Finance, Banking, and Insurance, Shota Rustaveli Batumi State University
    Education is a fundamental and constitutional right of every individual. Education for any individual is an investment in human capital, ultimately providing society with productive skills. In turn, any state must ensure access to education and create appropriate conditions for individuals with all kinds of abilities, as providing high-quality education for the entire population is vital for any country aspiring to development. Analyzing the educational space of developed countries confirms a direct connection between increased educational funding and quality improvement, which means that effective initiatives must be implemented, proper distribution of investments in education must be ensured, and effective educational strategies must be developed to foster the development of necessary skills in students. In the years following Georgia's independence, children with special educational needs were less integrated into society, and until 2004, they were not provided with specially adapted conditions. Since this period, with ongoing reforms in the country's educational system, the development of inclusive education have been recognized as a state priority. Within the framework of the program to promote inclusive education, five sub-programs were implemented. Since 2006, with cooperation with Caritas Germany and financial support from the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany, and later through the introduction of a payment scheme for special teachers by the state, along with a gradual increase in expenditures in the education sector as a percentage of GDP, inclusive education has become one of the priority directions of educational reform in our country. This has ultimately facilitated the integration of students with disabilities into educational systems. Today, more than 8,000 students with special needs benefit from this "benefit." In the 2023 state budget, inclusive education was funded with 42.6 million GEL, and within the program, a salary increase of 125 GEL was provided for special teachers. In 2021, for the first time in our country's educational history, an exam for special teachers was conducted. Our paper examines the dynamics of the salary scheme for teachers of students with special needs in general educational institutions to promote inclusive education, its positive and negative aspects, and, through the use of analogy and comparison methods, the specifics of the work of special teachers in Georgia and abroad. In conclusion directions for improving the strategy for increasing the financing of inclusive education are presented.