SYSTEM, POLICY AND PROCEDURES OF QUALITY ASSURANCE WERE DISCUSSED
A workshop titled "Quality assurance: policy and procedures" took place at ASUE Conference Hall, which was attended by Ruben Topchyan, the Director of "National Center for Professional Education Quality Assuerance" foundation, Susanna Karakhanyan, the Head of the foundation's Policy Devlopment amd Implementation Division, Koryun Atoyan, ASUE Rector, Vice-Rectors, Heads of Chairs, students.
"Creation of quality system in our University is importent first of all for creating free, unbending platform for academic debates, where the scientific thinking and innovation, the collaborative relationships will found the start of the University's system of values and culture of quality", said Koryun Atoyan and wished effective work to the workshop.
Ruben Topchyan, the Director of "National Center for Professional Education Quality Assurance" foundation, spoke about the policy and procedures of the RA education system's quality assurance. He mentioned that the organiztion which he rules has adopted a definition, according to which the quality must be equivalent to the final goal. The speaker, presenting the system of quality assurance, standards for quality assurance in higher education of the RA, European standards for quality assurance and the main principle of landmarks, referred to the internal standards and landmarks of University's assurance. He mentions that in education process the final result of education: knowledges achieved by students, abilities and skills, the resistance of competition challenges are more important than the planning of education process.
Ruben Topchyan said that till 2014 the RA Universities should be accredited. This process will be spent once in five years.