On November 13-17, within the framework of the “Modernizing Vocational Education and Training in Agriculture in Armenia” (MAVETA) project, the “Strategic Development Agency” NGO organized a training for partner farmers of Syunik and Lori and the teachers of Goris and Stepanavan State Agricultural Colleges, who will teach with dual approach the specialty of “Farm Business Management”.
The training was conducted by the Swiss expert Stefan Dubach. During the training, the specifics of teaching process organization, the content of teaching materials and manuals to be developed were discussed with the participants.
As a result of the training, the participants were able to choose the format that will allow to evaluate the knowledge and abilities acquired by the apprentice.
Through group work, the participants formulated the learning goal of each module and the tools to achieve that goal.
The MAVETA project is funded by a broad coalition of international and local organizations led by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), including the Austrian Development Agency, the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the Government of Armenia, the Swiss Church Aid (HEKS/EPER) NGO, Izmirlian Foundation, the Strategic Development Agency (SDA) NGO and Vanand Agro CJSC.
The project’s implementing partners are the GIZ and HEKS/EPER with the involvement of SDA and the School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences at the Bern University of Applied Sciences (HAFL).
