On November 4-6, as part of the institutional accreditation process, ANQA’s expert panel conducts external review at the Berd State Multifunctional College.
The chair of the expert panel is Narine Sirakanyan, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, head of the Teachers’ Professional Development Department of the National Center for Education Development and Innovation Foundation. The members of the expert panel are Yelena Martirosyan, deputy pedagogical director at the French-Armenian Vocational Education Center, Naira Arshakyan, teacher at the Department of Pharmacognosy of Yerevan State Medical University after Mkhitar Heratsi, Albert Tadevosyan, student at the Armenian State University of Economics.
The process coordinator 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 conducted a desk review.
As part of the external review, the expert panel conducted class observations and resource observation. The panel had meetings 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, students, the quality assurance manager and other stakeholders.
The expert panel had "professional talks" with the managers, teaching staff, and students of the Aps "Tourism (by branches)", "Pharmacy" and "Cooking".
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 or reject it after studying the package of documents and holding meetings with the education institution’s representatives and experts.