Ara Avetisyan: Special education in Armenia meets labor market demands

PanARMENIAN.Net - «Within the frames of EU-Armenia program, Armenia is implementing a program on the development of specialized preliminary and secondary-vocational education. Program should be implemented step by step within 3 years, with a total budget comprising 15 million Euros,» Deputy Minister of Education Ara Avetisyan told today a news conference.



Program implementation shall be supervised by a newly established interagency commission which consists of Armenia's business union and trade union representatives.



Methodology and educational system shall be elaborated by a national centre for the development of specialized education and training.



Within program frameworks , there are 12 secondary-vocational educational institutions operating in Armenia, with 2 of them situated in Yerevan and 2 others - in RA regions. Such educational institutions can provide training on over 140 specializations, with 54 of them matching new standards.



«The number of applicants is this year twice more in comparison with last year. That means specialized education meets labor market demands,» Ara Avetisyan noted.