ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO REGULATE INFORMAL EDUCATION

Yerevan, December 14. ArmInfo. The Government of Armenia intends to
regulate the system of informal education.

Deputy Minister of Culture and Youth Arthur Poghosyan said at a
briefing, Thursday, that the Government has approved a concept of
informal education. He explained that the system of informal education
implies educational courses, lectures and seminars that require no
examinations or tests.

Many organizations provide such kind of education in Armenia and the
Government has resolved to control them up to the licensing. Criteria
of informal education are to be adopted within the year, which
will allow the authorities to estimate the quality of knowledge. It
is necessary for acknowledgment of the certificates of educational
courses, lectures and seminars, the deputy minister said. Majority of
journalists think that licensing of this activity is pregnant with
additional corruption risks. However, the deputy minister disagreed
with them and brought the example of the international experience.