EUROPEAN UNION TO ALLOCATE 15 MILLION EUROS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF MIDDLE AND INITIAL PROFESSIONAL EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
Noyan Tapan
Aug 20, 2007
YEREVAN, AUGUST 20, NOYAN TAPAN. The European Union will allocate
15 million euros for the development of the sphere of middle and
initial professional education of Armenia between 2008 to 2010. This
information was provided to a Noyan Tapan correspondent by Samvel
Pipoyan, the Head of the Department for Middle and Initial Professional
Education of the RA Ministry of Education and Science. He mentioned
that, particularly, the building of those educational institutions
will be repaired, retraining courses for lecturers will be organized,
and the material-technical base will be replenished with that sum.
Samvel Pipoyan also mentioned that the "Professional Education"
methodological manual has been worked out within the frameworks of the
"Education directed at the future of Armenia" program, which is being
implemented by the United Nation’s Development Program. This manual
will enable non-pedagogue specialists to pass retraining courses for
teaching in middle professional institutions.