Expert: “Average quality at schools has essentially decreased” (video)
Education reforms are strictly necessary for Armenia. The specialists of the sector are sure that without reforms and taking into account the international experience, the system will not develop. At the same time, we should not forget about the peculiarities of the state, “We made those changes very fast, we set rules, standards, but then we saw that the society didn’t agree with them, it means that the changes are necessary, but they must correspond to us,” says Ruben Topchyan, Director of National Center for Professional Education Quality Assurance (ANQA). Specialists consider the school to be the most essential ring for the education sector development. The changes should start from here, “There are many shortcomings at schools, the average quality has essentially decreased, and the students need education, which will correspond to the international level, and it means that after graduation a student will be able to compete with specialists from different countries,” says Hamlet Harutyunyan, Head of the Department of Informatics at the ASPU. Ruben Topchyan thinks that the high school must change its function, “Students must make the first professional steps at school and not get ready for the entrance exams.” The education provision model has changed in the whole world. The use of information technologies in the education system is inevitable. According to the specialists it is also an essential element of the education sector reform. For developing this direction for already second year TEMPUS has been implementing MathGeAr programme, which aims at making the organization of mathematical education more contemporary and modern in Armenia. As a result professors will take training courses, and students will study abroad with exchange program. More on the video
