On October 13-15, as part of the institutional accreditation process, ANQA’s expert panel conducts external review at the Yerevan State Sports College of Olympic Reserve.
The chair of the expert panel is Asya Simonyan, member of the Rhythmic Gymnastics Judges’ Council of the Gymnastics Federation of Armenia, assistant at the Chair of Theory and Methods of Physical Training, M. Nalbandyan State University of Shirak, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences. Members of the expert panel are Erik Martirosyan, dean at the Faculty of Sport Pedagogy and Management of the Armenian State Institute of Physical Culture and Sport, coach in Physical Culture and Sport, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, Ashkhen Virabyan, QA manager at the Tavush Regional College named after Patrick Devedjian and PhD Candidate at the Chair of Management of the Public Administration Academy of the Republic of Armenia, Rima Manukyan, student at the Chair of Sports and Arts of the Faculty of Social Sciences of the M. Nalbandyan State University of Shirak.
The process coordinator is Naira Harutyunyan, assistant to ANQA’s director.
Prior to the site visit, the expert panel studied the institution's self-evaluation, the documents attached, conducted class observations, resource observation and desk review.
As part of the external review, meetings were held with the education institution’s director, deputy directors, heads of units, members of the Governing Council, group responsible for the preparation of self-evaluation, teaching staff, students, graduates, QA manager and other stakeholders.
The expert panel had professional talks with the managers, teaching staff and students of the Ap "Physical Culture and Sport".
Following the site visit, the expert panel will prepare a report against the ten institutional accreditation criteria, pointing out the strengths and weaknesses of the institution and providing relevant recommendations. Based on that report, the education institution will develop 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 the study of the document package and meetings with the education institution’s representatives and experts.
It should be noted that in 2023, the Yerevan State Sports College of Olympic Reserve was granted institutional accreditation for a period of four years.