On March 12-14, as part of the institutional accreditation process, ANQA’s expert panel conducts external review at the College of Northern University.
The chair of the expert panel is Armenuhi Sargsyan, Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Associate Professor. The members of the expert panel are Gohar Mkrtchyan, head of the Education Quality Assurance Centre at the Armenian Medical Institute, Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor, Anahit Arshakyan, deputy director for Educational Activities at the Martuni State Medical College and Angelina Tonoyan, a student at the Kotayk Regional State College.
The process coordinator is Meri Barseghyan, specialist ANQA’s Policy Development Division.
Prior to the site visit, the expert panel studied the education institution's self-evaluation report and the documents attached. The panel also conducted class observations, resource observation and a desk review.
As part of the external review, the expert panel held meetings with the institution's management staff, the group responsible for the preparation of self-evaluation, alumni, employers, managers of academic programmes, teachers and students.
"Professional talks" will be held with the managers, teaching staff and students of the Aps "Nursing" and "Dental Technician".
Meetings with heads of chairs, quality assurance managers and other stakeholders are also planned.
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.