Career Promotion Day in Sisian
On May 13, the “Strategic Development Agency” NGO within the framework of “Modernizating Vocational Education and Training in Agriculture in Armenia” (MAVETA) program organized a Career Promotion Day in Sisian, Syunik Marz.
Lilit Beglaryan, VET consultant of the MAVETA program, Gagik Khachatryan, acting director of the Sisian branch of the National Agrarian University of Armenia, Mary Yolyan, VET manager, Husik Stepanyan, director of the “SisAlp” dairy factory welcomed the pupils at the Smart Agricultural Center of the ANAU’s Sisian branch.
In her speech, Lilit Beglaryan presented the possibilities of dual educational system, the professions introduced by dual approach at the Sisian branch of the ANAU, including the “Orchard worker” specialty that will be introduced in the 2024-2025 school year, and emphasized the trends of modernization of agriculture and the growing demand for agricultural specialists in the labor market.
The pupils took a tour of the greenhouse, the garden, the livestock farm and the park of agricultural machinery, got acquainted with the innovative technologies introduced in the center that replace human labor, and participated in the laboratory demonstrative examination of milk.
Syunik Municipality, assessing the importance of career planning and awareness of pupils in the region, ensured the participation of pupils from the community schools.