ARMENIAN PRESIDENT MEETS WITH RECTORS OF HIGHER SCHOOLS
NEWS.am
19:12 / 12/16/2009
RA President Serzh Sargsyan held a meeting with the rectors of Armenian
state-run higher schools on December 16. The meeting discussed reforms
of the country’s higher education system and further steps.
The RA Presidential Press Office told NEWS.am that President Sargsyan
pointed out regular meetings will be held from now on. The Armenian
leader stressed the importance of higher-quality education and said
that it is higher schools that are responsible for the professional
level of future specialists and for "what will our country’s future
be."
Speaking of the major problems of the Armenian higher education system
and further steps, the rectors informed President Sargsyan of the work
aimed to improve the education quality and management system to bring
them to conformity with modern day standards. The meeting participants
particularly discussed the problems of acceding to the Bologna process
and introducing a three-stage education and credit systems.
The meeting also discussed higher schools organization and legal
status, privately-owned higher schools’ activities, and organization of
foreign citizens’ education. RA Minister of Education and Science Armen
Ashotyan outlined the present steps to develop the education system.
The Armenian President stated he expects the rectors to advance
initiatives and carry out consistent work to successfully implement
the reforms of Armenia’s higher education system.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
