Question 1: Which link in the continuing education system in Armenia prepares vocational personnel, where can initial professional education be organized?
Answer: Vocational personnel in Armenia can be trained by educational institutions and other relevant organizations providing basic and additional vocational and secondary vocational education and training.
Question 2: Who can be admitted to secondary professional educational institutions?
Answer: Persons with basic general, secondary, secondary professional and higher education, as well as citizens of foreign countries can be admitted to educational institutions implementing pre-vocational (vocational) and secondary vocational educational programs in accordance with the relevant regulations.
Question 3: How is admission to primary and secondary professional educational institutions carried out?
Answer: Admission to the existing (stationary) education in the institution is carried out by applications of persons with at least basic education, and distance education admission is made by applications of persons with at least secondary education. Admission to the institution is carried out without entrance exams on a competitive basis, except for secondary professional education specialties in the field of art, healthcare and sports. The admission competition is held according to professions in the given institution. The admission competition is held in the free and paid training places allocated by the authorized body according to the professions, according to the following principle:
1) At the place of free education, first of all, the arithmetical average of the scores of the basic education certificate, secondary education certificate units (including examination), preliminary professional (craft), secondary professional, higher professional education diploma and the list of this order for the given profession are accepted. the applicant with the maximum sum of subject marks/points;
2) First of all, in the free place in the field professions, the arithmetic average of the marks of the basic education certificate, secondary education certificate units (including examination), preliminary professional (craft), intermediate professional, higher professional education diploma and the lists of this order are accepted for the examination of the given profession/ the applicant with the total maximum sum of exam grade(s) and competitive admission subject grades/points for the given profession;
Question 4: How are the entrance exams of secondary professional educational institutions organized?
Answer: The entrance examinations for the field specialties are conducted by the examination commissions according to the schedule approved by the director (rector) of the institution. The timetable shall be posted in the Institution for all to see at least one week before the commencement of the examinations and a copy of the timetable shall be submitted to the Authorized Body within 2 working days of approval but no later than one week before the commencement of the examinations.
Examination tickets are drawn up by the examination committees of the Institution at least 10 working days before the entrance examinations.
Question 5: What kind of professions are taught in vocational schools and vocational schools?
Answer: In the secondary professional educational institutions of the Republic of Armenia, humanitarian, educational, healthcare, culture and art, economics and management, geology, energy, technological, equipment construction, informatics and computer engineering, service, transport operation, chemical, food, consumer goods technologies, construction are taught. , about 110 specialties focused on agriculture, environmental protection, metrology, standardization and quality control.
Question 6: Who can work as a lecturer in secondary professional educational institutions?
Answer: A person who meets:
1) in the case of teaching general education subjects, to the requirements of Article 26, Part 1 of the Law of the Republic of Armenia "On Public Education",
2) in the case of professional subjects, to the requirements defined by the state educational standard of the given profession.
Question 7: What forms of education are used in secondary professional educational institutions and vocational schools?
Answer: At present, the existing (stationary) and part-time forms of education are implemented in secondary professional educational institutions. In pre-vocational educational institutions, only existing (stationary) training is used.
Question 8: Are transfers from one educational institution to another allowed?
Answer: The transfer of a student from one educational institution to another educational institution is carried out in accordance with the procedure "Transfer of students (students) from one professional educational institution to another educational institution" approved by the RA Minister of Education and Science.
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