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How do you register a child in a kindergarten in Tbilisi, and how much does it cost?

Online registration, age, documents and cost.

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Short answer

A child is registered for a Tbilisi municipal kindergarten online in three stages, provided the child turns 2 by the start of the school year. By law, education and meals in public kindergartens are free, while private kindergartens set their own prices. After online registration you bring the documents to the kindergarten.

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Why

  1. Kindergartens are run by the Tbilisi Kindergarten Management Agency under the city hall, and registration goes through its unified online system.
  2. The Law on Early and Preschool Education (Article 4, paragraph 1) guarantees free education and meals for children in public institutions.
  3. Places are allocated in stages: priority categories first (large and single-parent families, children with special educational needs, siblings of children already at that kindergarten), then everyone else.

Details

The three stages work like this. In stage one, priority categories get places: socially vulnerable families with a rating score of 100,000 or lower, children with special educational needs, children from single-parent families and families with three or more children, children of Tbilisi preschool staff, and siblings of children already attending that kindergarten. Stage two covers children registered in the Tbilisi municipality, and stage three any child aged 2 to 6 regardless of municipality, until places run out. Children with special educational needs cannot register online: their documents are emailed to the agency.

After online registration you bring a copy of the birth certificate, two biometric photos, a health certificate and copies of both parents' IDs to the kindergarten 10 days before the school year starts. A foreign child can also be registered, but the parents first need a residence permit and an 11-digit personal number from the Justice House, see how to get a residence permit in Georgia. For the school stage, read about how many grades Georgian schools have and what age children start.

Tip

Apply in the first days of registration: for the 2026–2027 school year the agency scheduled the start of registration for 6 July, and extra places from the reserve list are released in early September.

What may differ

Dates and rules change every year, so check with the agency. Ask about possible contributions at a specific kindergarten by phone at +995 32 2 37 82 43. Private kindergartens and kindergartens in other municipalities follow their own rules.

Common misconception

If an older sibling attends the kindergarten, a place for the younger child is always guaranteed.

What actually happens

Sibling priority applies only while the older child is still attending the same kindergarten during the school year. If the older child starts school in September, the younger one loses the priority.

People also ask

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Sources

Registration rules and dates change, so check the agency website. Ask a private kindergarten directly for its price.

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