On December 17-19, as part of the institutional accreditation process, ANQA’s expert panel conducts external review at the College of Mkhitar Sebastatsi Educational Complex.
The chair of the expert panel is Armenuhi Sargsyan, Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Associate Professor. The members of the expert panel are Qanaqara Hayrapetyan, head of the Quality Assurance Department of the Gavar State University, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Assistant Professor, Marina Potikyan, teacher at the Crisis Management State Academy of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, Candidate of Economics, Amalia Stepanyan, student of the AP "Marketing and Business Management" at the European University of Armenia.
The process coordinator is Liana Alaverdyan, 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 and students.
The expert panel had "professional talks" with the managers, teaching staff, and students of the Aps "Organisation of Tourist Services with Advanced Knowledge of a Foreign Language", "Preschool Education" and "Computer Art Design".
Meetings with the quality assurance manager, the Student Council’s representatives, stakeholders are also planned.
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.