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SERIOUS REFORMS START IN SPHERE OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
YEREVAN, APRIL 6, NOYAN TAPAN. A stage of cardinal reforms started
in the sphere of vocational education of Armenia. The reforms first
of all envisage improvement of the legislation. The NA in the first
reading approved the bill "On Vocational Education and Teaching," which
makes an attempt to regulate the processes and reforms proceeding in
this sphere. Samvel Pipoyan, Chief of the Department of Vocational
Education of RA Ministry of Education and Science, informed Noyan
Tapan's correspondent that 108 vocational schools functioned in the
republic by 1991, later their number reduced to 84. And the RA law
"On Education" adopted in 1999 didn't envisage initial vocational
education at all, in consequence of which the vocational schools were
closed and the elder school of comprehensive system tried to carry out
this education. But according to S.Pipoyan, soon it became clear that
it's impossible to get complete vocational education within 2 years,
parallel with the general education. In 2003 the law was amended,
according to which the industrial schools (the same vocational schools)
were to open. 26 industrial schools were re-opened and are already
functioning and 10 more schools will open in the future. In 2004
2000 pupils entered these educational institutions. It was mentioned
that from September 1 2006 the institutions of this system will pass
on to the subordination of the Ministry of Education and Science as
education should be carried out by one body. In the future, following
the example of the higher schools, a credit system will be introduced
in the sphere of vocational education. A pupil may directly enter a
higher school and become not a first-year but a senior student.
YEREVAN, APRIL 6, NOYAN TAPAN. A stage of cardinal reforms started
in the sphere of vocational education of Armenia. The reforms first
of all envisage improvement of the legislation. The NA in the first
reading approved the bill "On Vocational Education and Teaching," which
makes an attempt to regulate the processes and reforms proceeding in
this sphere. Samvel Pipoyan, Chief of the Department of Vocational
Education of RA Ministry of Education and Science, informed Noyan
Tapan's correspondent that 108 vocational schools functioned in the
republic by 1991, later their number reduced to 84. And the RA law
"On Education" adopted in 1999 didn't envisage initial vocational
education at all, in consequence of which the vocational schools were
closed and the elder school of comprehensive system tried to carry out
this education. But according to S.Pipoyan, soon it became clear that
it's impossible to get complete vocational education within 2 years,
parallel with the general education. In 2003 the law was amended,
according to which the industrial schools (the same vocational schools)
were to open. 26 industrial schools were re-opened and are already
functioning and 10 more schools will open in the future. In 2004
2000 pupils entered these educational institutions. It was mentioned
that from September 1 2006 the institutions of this system will pass
on to the subordination of the Ministry of Education and Science as
education should be carried out by one body. In the future, following
the example of the higher schools, a credit system will be introduced
in the sphere of vocational education. A pupil may directly enter a
higher school and become not a first-year but a senior student.