On December 4-6, as part of the institutional accreditation process, ANQA’s expert panel conducts external review at the Gyumri State Sports College of Olympic Reserve.
The chair of the expert panel is Armenuhi Sargsyan, Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Associate Professor. The members of the expert panel are Helen Davtyan, deputy director for educational activities and head of the Department for the Implementation of Secondary Vocational Programmes at the Yerevan State Sports Collage of Olympic Reserve, Araks Aghajanyan, manager of the education quality assurance at the Stepanavan State Agricultural College, Inga Harutyunyan, student at the Ararat Regional State College.
The coordinator of the expert panel is Varduhi Gyulazyan, head of 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 and carried out desk review.
As part of the external review, the expert panel conducted class observation and resource observations. The panel held meetings with the education institution's management staff, the group responsible for the preparation of self-evaluation, members of the governing council, alumni and teachers.
Meetings with quality assurance managers and stakeholders are also planned.
"Professional talks" with the managers, teaching staff, and students of the Ap "Physical Culture and Sports" 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.