RADICAL REFORMS EXPECTED IN MIDDLE PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION SYSTEM OF ARMENIA
Noyan Tapan
Feb 27 2007
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 27, NOYAN TAPAN. A memorandum of mutual understanding
was signed on February 26 among the RA Ministry of Education and
Science, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Center
for Education Programs to implement radical reforms in the middle
specialized education system of Armenia. Certifying the memorandum,
RA Minister of Education and Science Levon Mkrtchian expressed a
confidence that without reforms and trained staff, the economic
stability of the country is endangered. The Minister mentioned that
the Gyumri Vocational College, Yerevan Industrial College, Hrazdan
Tourism and Nor Geghi Agricultural Colleges will be restored and
reformed within the framework of the program. Besides, necessary
equipment will be got and given to colleges, normative acts and
educational standards will be worked out, modern educational plans
and text-books will be formed.
Levon Mkrtchian expressed a hope that the cooperation with the UNDP
and World Bank will continue in future as well, and Consuelo Vidal,
the UN Permanent Representative to the RA mentioned in her speech
that strengthening of human capital with the help of education
will have essential meaning for future development of Armenia. Kori
Udovicki, the UN Assistant Secretary General, UN Development Programme
Assistant Administrator, Director of the UNDP Regional Bureau for
Europe and Commonwealth of Independent States, who is on an official
visit to Armenia was also present at the ceremony of signing the
memorandum. She mentioned that UN resources are mainly given to the
health care, education, ecological spheres as well as the poverty
reduction program. In K.Udovicki’s words, all-embracing development
of the mankind without development of the educational sphere is
impossible. She mentioned that the signed memorandum envisages not
only to restore middle professional institutions but also to modify
the whole educational system, bringing it in correspondence with the
global educational market.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
