On October 28-30, as part of the institutional accreditation process, ANQA’s expert panel conducts external review at the State Musical College named after Romanos Melikyan.
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 Gayane Avetisyan, head of the Quality Assurance Department of the M. Nalbandyan State University of Shirak, Candidate of Geographical Sciences, Associate Professor, Mariam Hovhannisyan, head of the Chair of Music at the Yerevan State College of Culture and Art named after Charles Aznavour and Vova Arzumanyan, student at the Yerevan State Theatre and Film Institute, Candidate of Arts և ԵԹԿՊԻ The process coordinator is Lilit Ghazaryan, specialist at ANQA’s Secretariat.
Prior to the site visit, the expert panel studied the education institution's self-evaluation report, the documents attached and carried out desk review.
As part of the external review, the expert panel conducted 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.
A meeting with the quality assurance manager and other stakeholders is also planned.
"Professional talks" with the managers, teaching staff, and students of the Aps "Singing", "Theory of Music" and "Instrumental Performing Arts" 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 or reject it after studying the package of documents and holding meetings with the education institution’s representatives and experts.