ARMENIA URGENTLY NEEDS SPECIALISTS WITH HIGH TECHNICAL EDUCATION

arminfo
2008-03-11 17:54:00

ArmInfo. Armenia urgently needs specialists with high technical
education, the head of the High Professional Education Department of
the Education and Science Ministry of Armenia Artak Agbalyan said in
a talk with an ArmInfo correspondent.

Today, few young people wish to become constructors, welders,
gas welders or fitters. They prefer more popular professions like
clerk, bookkeeper, translator, lawyer, singer or designer. Today,
there are almost no fitters or electricians under 60. The lack of
such specialists is a big problem for the dynamically developing
construction sector.

To remind, in 2007 Armenia’s high professional schools adopted a
system of academic progress: excellent students are relieved of
tuition within a year.

Presently, the tuition at high professional schools ranges from 30,000
AMD to 120,000 AMD. This year, there will be 2,560 free seats at high
professional schools. Today Armenia has just 27 high professional
schools against 150 in the Soviet times. This year the country is
planning to open two more schools (one in Vanadzor). Yerevan State
Medical University, Agriculture Academy, Engineering and Construction
Institute and Architecture Institute have their own colleges.