Acting Rector of the Armenian State Pedagogical University (ASPU) Araksia Svajyan met with the professors of the Faculty of Culture. Dean Arman Martirosyan shared information about the activities that the Faculty has been carrying out this year, touching upon the activities, achievements and completed initiatives in science, education and culture, participation in different events and initiatives, as well as the plans for cooperation.

Acting Rector Araksia Svajyan highlighted the special place and role of the Faculty of Culture in the activities of the University and noted that the Faculty, with its leading specialists representing different areas of the arts and culture, has contributed to the development of vocational education and the cultural environment for many years.

Araksia Svajyan particularly pointed out clarification of the role that the Faculty plays in the context of educational reforms.

She touched upon the characteristics of art education and the problems of teaching the subject in general education schools, attaching importance to the role of the Armenian State Pedagogical University in solving the problems and preparing relevant specialists.

Issues on effective organization of students’ practicum, improvement of the assessment system and the importance of scientific-educational research in the creative sector were also considered during the meeting.

Importance was also attached to the creation and introduction of supplementary educational programs and the opportunities to organize training courses in various areas of the arts.

Araksia Svajyan underscored the importance of ensuring a professional environment for art education and ensuring logistics potential.

The meeting was recapped with a question-and-answer session.