FOUNDATION OF "NATIONAL CENTER FOR ASSISTANCE TO DEVELOPMENT OF MIDDLE PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION IN ARMENIA" TO ASSIST TRAINING OF SPECIALISTS BY ORDER OF MARKET

Noyan Tapan
Mar 15 2007

YEREVAN, MARCH 15, NOYAN TAPAN. It is envisaged within the framework
of the European Union Tacis programme in Armenia to found the
"National Center for Assistance to Development of Middle Professional
Education in Armenia." Its goal is to assist development of the middle
professional educational system of the country, to make it consonant
with demands of the market.

As Ara Avetisian, the RA Deputy Minister of Education and Science
stated at the March 14 conference dedicated to problems of the middle
professional education system, foundation of the center will give
possibility to coordinate the issue of training specialists by the
market demand at middle professional institutions.

The Deputy Minister mentioned that the program is being implemented
with close cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Science
and National Institute of Education. Both local and international
experts are involved in the working team. Before it, the working
group held preliminary researches concerning the tie existing between
the middle professional education system and the market and made a
"Political document." In the Deputy Minister’s words, this program
started still in August-September of the previous year envisages to
create a partnership field: through the market-education-market chain.

A.Avetisian facted that qulified staffs with middle professional
education make 50-60 per cent of workers in different sectors of the
sphere of service in developed countries. Specialists with higher
education are necessary only for heading posts of any workshops,
and employees must have middle professional education," he said.

The document will soon be presented to the RA Government.