Within the framework of the “Modernizing Vocational Education and Training in Agriculture in Armenia (MAVETA) project, a professional orientation visits were held on April 2-3 to Berd and Artsvaberd No. 1 Primary Schools.
During the visit, MAVET Project Manager Lilit Hovhannisyan and VET Consultant Lilit Beglaryan presented the MAVET project and the specialties introduced at the Berd State Multifunctional College through dual education, the advantages of dual education, and college-employer cooperation.
Shushanik Galstyan, the college’s career guidance officer, presented the specialties available at the college, the admission procedure, successful stories of cooperation with employers in the educational process, and other features of the college that are important for students.
About 50 students attended the meetings, who actively participated in the discussions, asking questions and receiving comprehensive answers on topics of interest to them.
We would like to thank the staff of the Governor of Tavush, Republic of Armenia, for ensuring the participation of students from the region during the school holidays.
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).