On June 22-24, as part of the institutional accreditation process, ANQA’s expert panel conducts external review at the Yerevan State College of Humanities.
The chair of the expert panel is Armenuhi Sargsyan, a leading researcher at the M. Nalbandyan State University of Shirak, Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Associate Professor. The members of the expert panel are Vardanush Baghdasaryan, senior lecturer at the Brusov State University, ANQA’s interpreter, Olya Avetisyan, teacher at the Yerevan State College of Light Industry, clothing designer at Alex Textile, Harutyun Chilingaryan, student of the AP “Organisation of Tourism Services with Deep knowledge of a Foreign Language” at the Kotayk Regional State College.
The coordinator of the expert panel is Liana Alaverdyan, specialist at ANQA’s Institutional and Programme Accreditation Division.
Prior to the site visit, the expert panel studied the institution's self-evaluation, the documents attached and observed state final examinations, the defense of graduation papers and resources.
As part of the external review, the expert panel had meetings with the institution’s director, deputy directors, group responsible for the preparation of self-evaluation, employers, alumni, members of the Governing Council, heads of chairs, teaching staff, heads of departments/centres, QA manager and students.
The expert panel had professional talks with the managers, teaching staff and students of the Aps "Decorative and Applied Arts and Folk Crafts", "Banking" and "Clerical Work with Advanced Foreign Language Proficiency".
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.
It should be noted that in 2023, the Yerevan State College of Humanities was granted institutional accreditation for a period of four years.