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    KEY PREREQUISITE FOR EDUCATION REFORMS IN ARMENIA IS CONCENTRATON OF EFFORTS AND COMMITMENT TO COOPERATION

    ARMINFO News Agency
    October 10, 2006 Tuesday

    The key prerequisite for effective education reforms in Armenia is
    concentration of efforts and commitment to cooperation, say the
    participants in the Day of Information, an event held in Yerevan
    State University (YSU) today under the Tempus Tacis project. The
    organizers are Armenian Education and Science Ministry, European
    Commission Delegation to Armenia, Tempus project office in Armenia.

    During their speeches the director of the project, the representative
    of the EC Delegation to Armenia Irina Movsissyan, the rector of the
    YSU Aram Simonyan, the deputy education and science minister Ara
    Avetissyan, the representative of the European Commission Education
    and Culture Directorate General Klaus Koerner pointed out the key
    role of universities in social reforms. Universities should be less
    bureaucratic and more enterprising. They should be oriented towards
    labor market and should establish active contacts with the government,
    local administrations, businessmen and NGOs. The speakers noted
    that by joining the Bologna Process, Armenia has committed itself
    to reform the whole education system. Armenian universities - both
    governmental and private - have yet much to do to integrate into the
    European education system.

    To remind, Tempus is a program adopted by the EU Council of Ministers
    in 1990. It has been prolonged for three times and will be finished
    this year. The objective of the program is to intensify EU cooperation
    with partner states in supporting higher education reforms. Armenia
    joined the program in 1995 and since then has carried out 28 long-term
    projects worth a total of 4.5 mln EUR. 9 state Armenian universities
    - YSU, Engineering University, Medical University, Architecture and
    Construction University, Economics University, Agricultural University,
    Linguistic University and Pedagogical Institutes of Gyumri and Vanadzor
    - as well as some private universities have taken part in the project.
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