State Criterion For Pre-School Education Developed In Armenia

STATE CRITERION FOR PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION DEVELOPED IN ARMENIA

ARKA News Agency, Armenia
Oct 2 2007

YEREVAN, October 2. /ARKA/. Development of the state criterion for
pre-school education within the Strategy of reforming the system of
pre-school education is completed in Armenia.

The respective works have been carried out in cooperation with UNICEF,
Director of National Institute for Education of the Armenian Ministry
of Science and Education Norayr Ghukasian said at the round table
"Educational reforms and problems of pre-school education in the
modern stage".

"The document establishes the main directions of preschool education
of 5-6-year old children, maximum educational load for them, as well
as the general requirements toward the quality of education," he said.

Ghukasian also pointed out that the document is to be presented as
a legal act and currently is in the stage of examination.