UNESCO pledges assistance to education development in Armenia  

A senior UNESCO education official promised the organization’s support to educational projects in Armenia as he hosted Minister of Education and Science Levon Mkrtchyan in Paris.

Greeting the Armenian official, Quin Tang, Assistant-Director General, addressed particularly the project "Education-2030", implemented as part of the United Nations’ "Sustainable Development 2030" program. The initiative proposes steps towards ensuring access to quality education by the assigned period (including inclusive education and lifelong learning).

Minister Mkrtchyan briefed the UNESCO official on the education development priorities in line with the fundamental document and the projects aimed at their implementation. He also unveiled plans for elaborating a higher education development plan within a six-month period based upon a presidential recommendation.

Addressing the priorities in general education, the minister particularly highlighted the importance of developing distant education, and expanding the curricula in the sciences.

According to a press release by the Ministry of Education and Sciences, the meeting was also  attended by Armenian Ambassador to France Vigen Chitechyan, First Secretary Olga Davtyan and a ministerial advisor, Arayik Navoyan.