ARMENIA NEEDS NATIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION QUALITY SYSTEM, MINISTER SAYS

ARKA
April 18, 2008

YEREVAN, April 18. /ARKA/. Armenia needs to develop a national higher
education quality system which should be in line with its European
counterpart, RA Minister for Education Levon Lazarian said.

He believes the system is essential for Armenia, taking into account
modern education and scientific trends. For this purpose, the country
first of all needs to implement a national certification system in
the local labor market.

"First of all, we need to have a national quality system and bring
it in line with its European counterpart," the Minister said.

The only way to achieve this goal is to cerate necessary legislation
underpinnings for higher school activities, according to Lazarian. Big
universities should assume the role of locomotives in education
reforms, he said.