YEREVAN, APRIL 6, NOYAN TAPAN. The credit system has partly been introduced in the State Engineering University of Armenia already for the third year. As Ruben Aghgashian, the Pro-Rector of the institution of higher education informed at the seminar-training taken place on April 5, at the SEUA with the participation of Rectors of state and non-state institutions of higher education, this was first initiated in Master's programs, and then among bachelors and post graduate students. At present this system is initiated in 80% of the Master's programs of the institution. All the Master's programs of the institution will pass to the credit system from this September. According to the Pro-Rector, the SEUA post graduate programs have passed to the credit system already for the second year. The credit system is introduced in one faculty among bachelors programs, for the group of English speaking students. RA Minister of Education and Science Sergo Yeritsian mentioned that besides the SEUA, the credit system is experimentally introduced in other three institutions of higher education, the Yerevan Linguistic and Pedagogical Universities, Agricultural Academy. According to the Minister, seminar-trainings and discussions in different institutions of higher education will be regularly organized till the next academic year, as a result of what the Armenian model of the credit system will be formed. The main part of institutions of higher education will start to introduce this system in the 2006-2007 academic year, and it will be used only for the first year students. "Of course, all the institutions of higher education will not pass to this system at the same time. The process will start in different institutions of higher education in different periods of time. First of all those institutions will pass which are ready for it. The scientific council of the institution will decide the time for starting the process," the Minister emphasized. S.Yeritsian expressed confidence that introduction of the credit system supposes encrease of the quality of the genearal education and preparation of high quality specialists.

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