Transcript Community Action in Armenia

COUNTRY PRESENTATION
ARMENIA
Singapore
3-6 August 2010
Arkadi Papoyan - Ministry of Education and Science
GENERAL INFORMATION
Territory:
29.8 thous. square km
Population:
urban
rural
3.3 million
2.1 million (64%)
1.2 million (36%)
Capital City:
YEREVAN
Administrative Divisions:
11 Regions (Marzes)
Ethnic Divisions:
Armenians
Kurds
Russians
Others
Languages:
Armenian (official),
Russian, English
96%
1.8%
1.2%
1.0%
STRUCTURE OF EDUCATION SYSTEM
 Preschool education
 General education
primary school
middle school
high school
- 4 years (grades 1-4)
- 5 years (grades 5-9)
- 3 years (grades 10-12)
 Vocational education
 Higher professional education
 Bachelor degree
 Master degree
- 4 years
- 2 years
 Post-graduate education
 Specialist training and qualification improvement institutions
PRESCHOOL EDUCATION
Number of community-based
preschool institutions:
628
Number of children:
53718
Child enrolment:
urban
rural
29.8%
39.3%
13.6%
Number of preschool institution staff:
11591
GENERAL EDUCATION
Number of schools:
1475
Number of students:
414781
Number of teachers:
42601
Enrolment ratio:
92,5%
Student/teachers ratio:
9.7
Av. Class Size:
17.3
GENERAL EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
41%
59%
Urban
Rural
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
Number of preliminary professional
education institutions:
28
Number of students:
4581
Number of teachers:
573
Number of middle professional
education institutions:
state institutions
private institutions
104
81
23
Number of students:
31803
Number of teachers:
3743
HIGHER PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
Number of institutions (and branches):
state institutions (and branches)
private institutions
90 (12)
23 (12)
67
Number of students:
114399
Number of higher institutions staff:
20374
Enrolment ratio:
21 %
Student/lecturer ratio:
9.4
NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION
INSTITUTIONS
number of institutions: 67
21,7%
78,3%
number of institutions: 23
State
Private
FINANCING OF EDUCATION SYSTEM
Year:
Financing of education from
the total state budget
Financing of education in GDP
2008
2009
2010
12.6%
13.4%
10.7%
2.6
3.4
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ISSUES AND CHALLENGES
Discrepancy of the program to market economy
and requirements of the democratic public
Education is more directed to granting of the
academic knowledge, rather than development of
skills
Limited use of modern methods of teaching and
estimation including ICT
Unproductiveness of the system.
REFORM GOALS
Increase the quality of education
Ensure the compatibility of the Armenian
education system to the current requirements of
the society and economy and internationally
accepted education standards
Develop the Armenian education system towards
the needs of “knowledge economy”
CURRENT STAGE OF GENERAL EDUCATION
REFORMS
Development and introduction of the National
Curriculum
Framework
(Curriculum
and
Assessment)
Introduction
of
the
Information
Communication Technologies
Teacher professional development
Increase of general education efficiency
and
CURRENT STAGE OF PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
REFORMS
Vocational Education and Training (VET)
Improvement of the governance of VET reform
Improvement of the conditions for delivery of
vocational education
Development
curricula
of
Improvement
learning
the
educational
standards
conditions
for
and
Life-long
Development of VET Database and Management
Information System
Integration into
Education Area
the
European
Professional
CURRENT STAGE OF PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
REFORMS
Higher Education
Improvement of internal and external efficiency
of the higher education system
Reforming higher education content
Reforming
system
higher
education
state
funding
Developing of higher education Database and
Management Information System
Inclusion of higher education system into the
European
Higher
Education
Area
and
implementation
of
the
Bologna
process
requirements
ICT IN EDUCATION
Reforms objectives
 Increase computer literacy of learners and
teachers
 Equip the general schools with ICT as a
precondition for its development
 Fundamentally reform the teaching methodology
for informatics at school
 Ensure ICT applications as part of teaching and
learning in mandatory subjects
EDUCATION MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM
(EMIS)
Improve data collection, maintenance, analysis and
dissemination
Make information available in all management levels
Reducing the collection of unnecessary data to
minimum
Ensure information availability and transparency of
education network data
Make decisions based on information and its analysis
INFORMATION FLOW
TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR EDUCATIONAL PLANNING
AND MANAGEMENT
Capacity building in strategic planning, policy
stimulation, resource projections and efficient
management
Monitoring
and
particularly in data
analysis
evaluation
systems,
collection, processing,
EDUCATION PROGRAMMES MONITORING AND
EVALUATION
Since 2006 the Ministry of Education and Science of RA
involved in results-based budgeting system
Monitoring and evaluation of education programs based on
financial and non-financial indicators
Validity and effectiveness of indicators is one of important
factors for program budgeting
Results-based management, planning, monitoring and
evaluation are main factors for success in implementation of
education reforms
Results-based management directed to improve
effectiveness and outcomes of the education system.
the
EDUCATION – PLANNING AND FUTURE
DEVELOPMENTS
Stage 1
Education Development State Programme for 2011-2015
Stage 2
Development Results Indicators in the Education Field
Stage 3
Results Based Management – Monitoring & Evaluation
THANK
Singapore
3-6 August 2010
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