On November 25-27, as part of the institutional accreditation process, ANQA’s expert panel conducts external review at the Yerevan State College of Culture and Art named after Charles Aznavour.
The chair of the expert panel is Hermine Grigoryan, Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Associate Professor, dean at the Faculty of Natural Sciences of the Vanadzor State University after H. Tumanyan. The members of the expert panel are Lilit Abelyan, quality assurance manager at the Kotayk Regional State College, Olya Avetisyan, teacher at the Yerevan State College of Light Industry, Meri Hovsepyan, a four-year student of the AP "Acting Art" at the Yerevan Regional State College №1.
The coordinator of the process is Meri Barseghyan, specialist at ANQA’s Policy Development Division.
Prior to the site visit, the expert panel studied the education institution's self-evaluation report, the documents attached and carried out desk review.
During the site visit, the expert panel had meetings with the education institution’s management staff, the group responsible for the preparation of self-evaluation, students, alumni, employers, heads of chairs, teachers, the quality assurance manager and other stakeholders.
The expert panel had "professional talks" with the managers, teaching staff, and students of the Aps "Clothing Modeling and Design", "Restoration, Conservation and Preservation of Works of Art" and "Acting Art".
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.