IT IS ENVISAGED TO BRING ARMENIAN HIGHER EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM INTO CONFORMITY WITH FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF THE BOLOGNA PROCESS BY 2010

Noyan Tapan
Jun 22 2007

YEREVAN, JUNE 22, NOYAN TAPAN. The national workshop on the subject
"Institutional reforms in higher education within the frameworks of
the Bologna process" started on June 21 in Yerevan. It is held by
the International Institute of Educational Programming jointly with
the UNESCO’s office in Moscow and Yerevan State University. Issues
concerning, in particular, the provision of higher educational
quality, institutional reorganizations and university management,
as well as those regarding the development of the marking system
of the professorial and teaching staff will be discussed during the
workshop. In addition to the Armenian specialists, representatives
of educational institutions from Russia, Kazakhstan, and Belarus will
make reports during the workshop.

Alexandre Grigorian, the provost of the Yerevan State University,
mentioned that great measures are being taken in Armenia for investing
the Bologna process in its higher educational system. In his opinion,
it is envisaged to bring the RA Higher Educational System in conformity
with the fundamental principles of the Bologna process by 2010.

Ara Avetisian, the RA Deputy Minister of Education and Science,
believes that this process will make it possible to provide the
labour market with professional personnel of qualified higher
education. In his opinion, the Bologna process is in the practical
stage of investment in Armenia. "The two-degree higher education is
already a reality in Higher Educational Institutions, new programs
and a credit system have already been invested in graduate and
post-graduate institutions, and new mechanisms for quality organizing
and estimating are being invested," the Deputy Minister said.