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The meeting of Erasmus+ project partners was held in Lisbon, Portugal

RA Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports Araxia Svajyan participated in the workshop of Erasmus+ project "SMART farm model attached to VET institution for work-based learning of students and high employability of graduates" (CB4WBL) in Lisbon, Portugal on November 26-28 :

Within the framework of the workshop, the deputy minister got acquainted with the experience of VET in the field of agriculture in Portugal and discussed with Stepanavan professor A. Pedagogical, educational and legal issues of the creation of a farm attached to the State Agricultural College named after Kalantar.

The goal of the CB4WBL project is to create a model of a modern farm attached to the VET institution by localizing the European experience, within the framework of which students' education will be carried out through work-based learning.

As a result of the implementation of the project, it is expected to develop and test the legal, organizational and administrative financial conditions of the operation of the modern farm attached to the VET institution. State standards and modular programs of "Veterinary Medicine", "Milk and Dairy Technology" and "Management" professions will be revised in order to organize work-based learning of students within the framework of the farm.

The consortium of the CB4WBL project includes 6 institutions from Armenia, Portugal and France. The coordinator of the project is the Portuguese consulting organization "Imanovasion". (France), Stepanavan professor A. Kalantar State Agricultural College and the Armenian Center for Education Policy and Management.