On September 19-21, as part of the institutional accreditation process, ANQA’s expert panel conducts external review at the Basic College Affiliated with Mesrop Mashtots University.
The chair of the expert panel is Yasaman Avagyan, chief specialist of the quality assurance division at the Armenian State University of Economics. The members of the expert panel are Lilit Abelyan, quality assurance manager at the Kotayk Regional State College, Olya Avetisyan, teacher at the Yerevan State College of Light Industry, Amalya Stepanyan, student of the AP "Marketing and Business Management". The process coordinator is Meri Barseghyan, specialist at ANQA’s Policy Development Division.
Prior to the site visit, the expert panel studied the education institution's self-evaluation report, the documents attached and carried out desk review.
During the site visit, meetings were held with the education institution’s management staff, the group responsible for the preparation of self-evaluation, students, alumni, employers, heads of chairs, the quality assurance manager, teachers, as well as other stakeholders.
"Professional talks" with the managers, teaching staff, and students of the Aps "Clothing Modeling, and Design", "Accounting", "Service organization" took place as well.
The process coming after the site visit is the preparation of an expert panel report, which points out the strengths and weaknesses of the institution and contains the recommendations of the expert panel. Based on that report, the education institution will prepare a follow-up plan with a clear schedule.
Next on, ANQA’s Accreditation Committee will make a decision whether to grant accreditation (for two, four or six years) or reject it after studying the package of documents and holding meetings with the education institution’s representatives and experts.