On November 13-16, within the scope of the institutional accreditation process, ANQA’s expert panel conducts external review at the Gyumri State Vocational School No. 4
The chair of the expert panel is Kristine Hakobyan, deputy director for Educational Activities at Kotayk Regional State College. The members of the expert panel are Yelena Martirosyan, deputy director at the French-Armenian Vocational Education Center, Khachik Shahbazyan, teacher at the Chair of Technology Management of the National Polytechnic University of Armenia, a second-year PhD student at the Scientific Research Institute of Energy, Aram Hakobyan, a second-year student at the Department of Nursing of Yerevan State Basic Medical College.
The coordinator of the expert panel is Anahit Terteryan, specialist at ANQA’s Institutional and Programme Accreditation Division.
Prior to the site visit, the expert panel had studied the education institution's self-evaluation report, the documents attached and carried desk review.
During the site visit, the experts conducted class observations and resource observations, as well as had meetings with the education institution’s management staff, heads of subdivisions, heads of chairs, teachers, craftsmen, employers, students, alumni and the group responsible for the preparation of self-evaluation report.
Today “professional talks” were held with the managers, teachers and students of the Aps “Hairdressing and Decorative Makeup”, "Cookery", “Technical maintenance and repair of radio electronic means”.
Meetings with the manager of quality assurance and other stakeholders are also planned.
The next 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, 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.
Gyumri State Vocational School No. 4 is the first state primary vocational (handicraft) education institution to undergo institutional accreditation.