INFORMATION EXCHANGE FORM FOR INSTITUTIONS INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN A TEMPUS PROJECT (AS CO-ORDINATOR OR PARTNER)
- Name of your university/institution/industry or company interested in participating in TEMPUS project:
GavarStateUniversity
Gavar, Gegharkunik Region
Republic of Armenia
Gavar State University (GSU) is located in the most rural and underserved area of the Republic of Armenia and is the only university in the region. There are over 2,000 students studying at GSU with about 60% of those being part-time non-traditional students.
GSU is posed to be a catalyst in the rebirth of rural Armenia. It can provide the knowledge and educated professionals to help advance Armenia into the 21st Century. GSU is looking for guidance and expertise from experienced institutions to help direct GSU’s education improvement process so the most effective results are achieved.
For Armenian Speakers, GSU’s website can be found at:
- Main field of activities of your institution: ~Undergraduate and postgraduate education
GavarStateUniversity is a regional university that offers bachelors and masters degrees. The University has a continuing education program and non-traditional program for part-time students.
The University has five colleges: Languages, Law and Politics, Economics and Business, Information Technology and Computer Engineering, and Humanities.
- Previous international experience:
Technical Assistance:
American Bar Association / Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative – Helping improve the law education and access to laws.
Peace Corps – Technical assistance in teacher training and English curriculum improvement.
Armenian Women’s Association – Addressing gender issues in education
Scholarships and Exchanges:
IREX (International Research & Exchanges Board) – Undergraduate exchange programs to the United States
AISEC – Scholar Exchange Program
Vartanants Fund –Scholarship assistance
Nishanyan Fund - Scholarship assistance
Memorial Fund for Vachagn Dautyan – Scholarship assistance
Capital Investment:
Rita and Vardges Balian – Capital improvements for GSU
- Information about the intended TEMPUS project:
Project Description
Type of project:
JEP, Curriculum Development in Economics with Integrated Quality Control
Problem Definition:
GavarStateUniversity’scurricula are current out of alignment with the needs of the Armenian Economy. This misalignment has caused tremendous issues in the quality of education being offered by the University because in many of the Colleges of the University, the information being taught is not marketable in the Armenian economy. This inability to provide students with marketable skills leads to dysfunction by the lecturer and the student. The results of the education are made insignificant because the marks the student receives many times are not based on criteria from the curriculum but from favoritism or economic incentives between the lecturer and student.
Project Goal:
To align the curriculum of the GavarStateUniversity with the market needs of the Armenian economy thus graduating capable and competent professionals who will find employment and opportunity in the national economy. As a part of this alignment and development market based curriculum, quality control mechanisms must be put in place to ensure both the lecturer and the student can meet the goal of the developed curriculum because if the market does not believe in the quality of education the graduates of GavarStateUniversity will not find employment.
Project Pilot Faculty:
The faculty of Economics in the College of Economics and Business will be the pilot faculty. All steps will be developed with this Faculty and then reproduced over the next five years with all of the Colleges in GavarStateUniversity.
Partners:
European Universities – GavarStateUniversity needs help in understanding how to design and align curriculum to be server the local and national economy. In addition, insights on how to develop curriculum that has quality control measures integrated into the process so the education process can have the best possible quality.
Business – To involve business to understand their needs and requirements for graduates. The goal would be to have labor market input and to understand the long terms needs of the labor market so the correct curriculum is designed.
GavarStateUniversity – To reform its curriculum, it will need input and advisement on the process and content from many parties.
5. Your academic/administrative position at your institution:
Lecturer of Credit and Finance
Assistant to the Rector
- Your Name (first and last), Contact details
Ms. Varduhi Shahinyan
Address:
Azatutyan 4
Gavar, Gegharkunik Marz
Republic of Armenia
1012
Phone: +374 91.777 423
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