On May 26-28, as part of institutional accreditation, ANQA’s expert panel conducts an external review at the Badeyan State College of Vardenis.
The chair of the expert panel is Gayane Avetisyan, head of the Quality Assurance Department of M. Nalbandyan State University of Shirak, Candidate of Geographical Sciences, Associate Professor. The members of the expert panel are Marina Potikyan, teacher at the Yerevan State College of Informatics and the Crisis Management State Academy of the RA Ministry of Internal Affairs, Marine Galubyan, chief specialist at the Department of Education, Culture, Sports and Youth Affairs of the Artashat Municipality, David Harutyunyan, a student of the AP "Finance and Banking" at the European University of Armenia.
The process coordinator is Liana Alaverdyan, 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, as well as conducted desk review.
As part of the external review, the expert panel carried out class observations and resource observation. The panel held meetings with the education institution's management staff, the group responsible for the preparation of self-evaluation, students, alumni, employers and teachers.
The expert panel had "professional talks" with the managers, teaching staff and students of the Aps "Banking", "Computer Art Design" and "Organisation of Rural (farming) Economy".
Meetings with representatives of the divisions, quality assurance manager and other stakeholders are also planed.
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.