ORDER OF MOVING FROM MIDDLE PROFESSIONAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION TO
HIGHER EDUCATIONAL ONE WORKED OUT
YEREVAN, AUGUST 17, NOYAN TAPAN. The RA Ministry of Education and
Science envisages to take a number of steps to increase the role of
middle professional educational institutions. As Samvel Pipoyan, the
Chief of the Middle Professional and Vocational Education Department
of the Ministry informed the Noyan Tapan correspondent, an order of
moving is being worked out at present, according to which, a graduate
of a middle professional educational institution may continue education
from the 2nd year of a higher educational institution.
S.Pipoyan mentioned that this order will be presented to discussion
of the RA Government till December of the current year. S.Pipoyan
mentioned that the modular educational system is also envisaged to
introduce in the sphere of middle professional education. This system
will give students possibility to get practical skills started from
the first year. This model was experimentally put into practice this
year in the Ijevan State, Vanadzor State Technological, Yerevan State
Humanities-Technical and Yerevan State Agricultural institutions of
middle professional education. Besides, international organizations
as well implement in Armenia programs addressed to development of
that sphere.
S.Pipoyan stated that within the framework of the "Education Addressed
to Future of Armenia" program being implemented by the UN Development
Program, buildings of few middle professional educational institutions
will be restored, and some institutions will be provided with necessary
material-technical basis as well. According to S.Pipoyan, the total
cost of the program is 1 mln 157 thousand dollars about 50 thousand
of which will be given by the RA Government.
It was also mentioned that the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ)
program implements a re-training program for lecturers of middle
professional institutions.