COUNCIL OF EUROPE TO APPROVE 15 MILLION EUROS TO ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT FOR SECONDARY PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION REFORMS

arminfo
2007-08-13 13:16:00

The Council of Europe will allocate 15 million euros to the Government
of Armenia for reforming the secondary professional education sphere,
Head of the Armenian Ministry of Education and Science Department for
Secondary Special Education Samvel Pipoyan said at a press conference,
Monday.

CE program will be implemented in three stages within three
years from 2008 to 2010. The first stage will include fundamental
reconstruction and re-equipment of the professional technical colleges
in Armenia. Then, over 3,500 teachers will be retained. The final
stage of the program provides for elaboration of an educational and
methodical concept meeting European requirements in the sphere.

The concept will reckon with real need in labor force in the labor
market.

Pipoyan said the ministry’s calculations showed that the real
demand for labor force and the data of employment agencies are quite
different.

At present, there are 81 state and 22 private secondary special
educational establishments in Armenia. The number of relevant students
is some 34,000 people. Some 5,000 teachers work in these educational
establishments at average salary of 25,000 drams ($73).