Within the framework of the Modernizing Vocational Education and Training in Agriculture in Armenia (MAVETA) project, Strategic Development Agency (SDA) NGO organized a “Career Promotion Day” in Etchmiadzin on 3rd of May.
Dozens of students from Armavir marz schools were welcomed at Etchmiadzin State Vocational School by Lilit Hovhannisyan, MAVETA project manager, Manuk Nazaryan, vocational college director and other representatives of the event.
In her speech, Lilit Hovhannisyan emphasized that taking into consideration the demand for specialists working in nut and fruit orchards in the region, the “Orchard worker” specialty will be introduced in the college from the 2024-2025 school year, which will be taught with a dual education approach.
Then the students walked around the booths presented in the courtyard of the college, got acquainted with the professions, had interactions with students, teachers and representatives of private companies.
“Walnut Farms” manager Serob Mnatsakanyan and agronomist Karen Minasyan talked with schoolchildren about their experience and success stories in the field of orchard, as well as about self-expression and high income in the agricultural sector.
In the second half of the day, a group of students visited the orchards of “Vanand Agro” company, located on the territory of Vanand village. During the tour, Hayk Stepanyan, the manager of the orchard, presented to the schoolchildren the features of the cultivation of sorghum, the agricultural machinery, noted the importance of competent orchard workers and encouraged the students to be engaged in agriculture.
