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FIRS T YEAR REPORT ON THE "KHATCHER KALOUSDIAN"
CENTER FOR PEDAGOGICAL DEVELOPMENT
ACADEMIC YEAR 2006-2007
The July 2006 Israeli war on Lebanon proved to be destructive for Lebanon
and its economy. The educational was not the least damaged as well, even
though the standard academic year had been completed. The official exams
were not yet marked and we had to wait September until they were officially
published.
The "Khatcher Kalousdian" Pedagogical Center had presented 11 students for
official examinations. Three of these of were TS students: Abadallah Lina,
Shirinian Sarine and Dakesian Maral. The remaining eight were BT students:
Aroyian Julia, Aroyian Maral, Khatcherian Maral, Gaidzagian Talin,
Giragossian Hrip, Bedrossian Arpine, Stamboulian Shaghig and Vahradian
Sylva.
Only one BT student failed as a consequence of an unexpected turn of events
during the academic year. She might also sit for the spring round of the
official exams.
Including this year’s students, the center has thus far presented 64
students to official examinations with only 1 unsuccessful candidate and
another one with a pending status.
The center initiated its academic year 2006-2007 in September. The
admissions office accepted application on September 15 and 22. Classes
started on September 29. This year the center so far has 22 students
registered for nine classes a week each.
TS students sit for courses in: Improvement of the Armenian Language, Method
of Teaching Armenian History, Method of Teaching Armenian Language and
Literature, Pedagogical Literature, Arabic Language and Method of Teaching
the Language, Other Subjects Taught in Arabic, Psychology.
BT students have a slightly different schedule: Improvement of the Armenian
Language, Method of Teaching Armenian Language, Pedagogical Literature,
Arabic Language and Method of Teaching the Language, Other Subjects Taught
in Arabic, French Language.
An additional topic, Armenian Pedagogical Writing, will also be proposed to
students as an extracurricular course the followers of which will be
volunteers only.
Towards the end of the previous academic year our third and last methodical
work was published: The Journal of improvement of Armenian. We hope to
publish further works in the future under the scheme of the newly
established pedagogical publications’ project in the Catholicosate of
Cilicia.
K. Shahinian
Director "Khatcher Kalousdian"
Center For Pedagogical Development
Antelias, 7 October, 2006
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The Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia is one of the two Catholicosates of
the Armenian Orthodox Church. For detailed information about the
institutions of the Cilician Catholicosate, you may refer to the web page of
the Catholicosate, The Cilician Catholicosate, the
administrative center of the church is located in Antelias, Lebanon.