On December 8-11, as part of the institutional accreditation process, ANQA’s expert panel conducts external review at the Gyumri State Technical College.
The chair of the expert panel is Armen Harutyunyan, vice-rector of the Yerevan State Theatre and Film Institute, Candidate of Arts, Associate Professor. The members of the expert panel are Anna Hayrapetyan, head of the Chair of Transportation Organisation, Agriculture and Gas Equipment of the Kotayk Regional State College, Elina Shamkhalova, Research Associate at the Institute of Economics after M. Kotanyan of NAS RA, 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 and students.
The expert panel had "professional talks" with the managers, teaching staff, and students of the Aps "Organisation and Management of Transportation in Transport (by types of transport)", "Technical Operation of Railway Electric Traction" and "Automatics, Telemechanics and Communication in Transport (by types of transport)".
Meetings with the quality assurance manager and 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.