On September 30 - October 2, as part of the institutional accreditation process, ANQA’s expert panel conducts external review at the Alaverdi State College.
The chair of the expert panel is Hermine Grigoryan, Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Associate Professor, dean at the Faculty of Natural Sciences of Vanadzor State University after H. Tumanyan. Other members of the expert panel are Amalya Grigoryan, Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor, Amalya Navasardyan, teacher at the Sevan Multifunctional State College, Artak Khachatryan, student at the Ararat Regional State College.
The coordinator of the process is Anahit Terteryan, specialist at ANQA’s Institutional and Programme Accreditation 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, alumni, employers, members of the governing council, teachers, heads of chairs, and student representatives. Class observations and resource observations were also conducted.
Internship observation, meetings with quality assurance managers and stakeholders are planned.
"Professional talks" with the managers, teaching staff, and students of the Aps "Service organisation", "Computing Equipment and Automated Systems Software", "Production of Casting of Ferrous and Non-ferrous Metals" and "Banking" are set to take 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.