RA Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports Zhanna Andreasyan met with directors and administrative and economic coordinators of a number of public schools in Charles Aznavour Library of Ajapnyak administrative district.
Director of the library Elmira Poghosyan, presenting the activities of the structure, noted that the library was established in 1998 as a result of the reunification of five community libraries. It has three branches and functions as a centralized system of libraries.
The minister emphasized that libraries should be active public environments, and school-library cooperation should be a priority.
“Cooperation between libraries and schools is paramount. Encouraging reading among children should be seen as a priority issue, because if reading and text comprehension skills are not sufficiently developed, the development of knowledge is limited,” said the minister.
Referring to the development of libraries, Zhanna Andreasyan informed that it is planned to allocate a separate line in the school budgets for the purchase of books. “We plan to purchase and provide new book collections for newly built schools, according to the package logic. They will be books appropriate to the school curriculum and age characteristics. At the same time, continuous renewal of library funds is planned, which will enable schools to replenish their literary resources every year.”
At the meeting with the principals, a number of issues were discussed in a question-and-answer format, which, in particular, related to the functions of administrative and economic coordinators, safety issues in schools, laboratory saturation, implementation of the “School Meals” program in Yerevan schools, etc.
Referring to the formation of the administrative and economic coordinator system, the minister noted that the new management model introduced a few years ago is based on the following principle: a number of functions: purchasing, accounting, security, cleaning, food, etc., can be performed through specialized services. The goal, according to the minister, is to free principals from the burden of administrative functions so that they can focus on the quality and content of education.
The Minister of Education and Culture also informed that the schools of Yerevan will receive the necessary laboratory equipment this year, which will be followed by teacher trainings to ensure their effective use.
“The most difficult thing is the effective use of the created environment. It is important that the laboratories are active, not empty and fully included in the learning process. For this purpose, different groups and other educational formats can also work,” he said, adding that video lessons on the use of laboratories have been prepared to support schools.
During the meeting, Zhanna Andreasyan also presented the plans for school construction, noting that the next phase of the 300 schools project is being discussed, which will also include schools in urban areas, including the capital. “Yerevan will be represented in the program to a very large extent. In the first phase, we mainly focused on the educational institutions of regional settlements, and in the second phase, our attention will be no less focused on schools in Yerevan.”
Issues related to teachers’ safety, new approaches to work with parents, detection of children excluded from compulsory education, registration of student absences and other issues were also discussed at the meeting.
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