YEREVAN, APRIL 3, NOYAN TAPAN. 20 educational institutions, 24 ones of higher and 19 of middle professional specialities, were allowed to participate in the compendious certification examinations of graduates of a number of accredited non-state educational institutions. Mher Makichian, the Chief of the Agency of Licence and Accreditation Service of the RA Ministry of Education and Culture informed about this at the March 31 press-conference. As a result of 70 subject examinations organized during the compendious certification, according the Chief of the agency, 11 specialities of 6 educational institutions were certified negatively. According to M.Makichian, specialities got negative certification of those educational institutions lose the right of participating in the next, 2006 stage of the compendious certification of the accreditation process. Graduates participated in the compendious certification got the most, 60% negative results in the "Law" and "Finance and Credit" specialities. The Chief of the agency also informed that the edited variant of the new order of accreditation worked out by the RA Ministry of Education and Science will be presented to the discussion of the RA Government soon. It's envisaged by this variant to define the circle of those implementing the examination as well as to fix new terms of state accreditation with 5-8 years duraction, instead of the termless warrants defined till now. 72 non-state institutions of higher education function in Armenia at present, 5 of which are branches of foreign accredited institutions of higher education, 28 ones are fully and 7 ones are partly accredited, and others are not accredited institutions. According to the accreditation order, an education institution, 75% of specialities of which is accredited, is considered fully accredited.

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