ARMENIA’S MINISTER OF EDUCATION PARTICIPATES IN CONFERENCE ON BOLOGNA PROCESS
Arka News Agency, Armenia
May 16 2007
YEREVANA, May 16. /ARKA/. RA Minister of Education and Science Levon
Mkrtichyan is to take part in a conference on the Bologna process to
be held in London, May 17-18, 2007.
Press Secretary of the RA Ministry of Education Lilit Galstyan
reported that at the conference Minister Mkrtichyan is to present
the implementation of the Bologna Convention in Armenia, and the
country’s achievements.
"In his report, the Minister will also outline the priority tasks,"
she said.
Galstyan pointed out that a preliminary report on the reforms of
Armenia’s system of higher education was presented in London this
January.
"This document received a rather high appraisal on the part of the
other participants in the Bologna process. Progress has been recorded
in Armenia in some directions," she said.
Over 45 participants in the Bologna process will take part in the
London conference.
The Bologna Convention was signed on September 18, 2002.
Armenia acceded to the convention in 2005.
On November 2, 2006, the Armenian Government approved the schedule of
implementing the realizing the principles of the Bologna convention
in the higher education system.
Armenia is elaborating a national certification system and is working
at a new list of specializations in the higher education system.