Armenia and Uruguay explore potential collaboration in education  programs

ArmInfo. Armenia and Uruguay  have discussed the possibility of implementing joint programs in the  educational sphere. This became known following a meeting between the  Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of Armenia,  Araksia Svajyan, with the Director of Language Policies of the  National Administration of Public Education of Uruguay, Aldo  Rodriguez, as well as the Chairman of the Armenian Branch of the  Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU), Vasken Yacoubian.

During the meeting, it was noted that with the support of the  Uruguayan government, the AGBU teaches Armenian as part of a strategy  to promote the study of foreign languages. The Armenian language  teaching program was developed by the National Administration of  Public Education of Uruguay in collaboration with the AGBU, and is  utilized not only in Armenian schools. In this context, the parties  discussed the possibilities of providing training for teachers and  implementing exchange programs.  During the meeting, the parties also  touched upon the online English language training program for women  forcibly displaced from Nagorno-Karabakh, implemented by the  Uruguayan branch of AGBU and the National Administration of Public  Education of Uruguay, which has been quite successful. In this  regard, they considered the possibility of implementing the program  in secondary vocational education institutions.

As part of the visit to Armenia, members of the Uruguayan delegation  will also meet with the Chairperson of the Language Committee,  Siranush Dvoyan, and Artashes Torosyan, the Acting Director of the  National Center for Education Development and Innovation Foundation.  They will discuss potential collaboration opportunities and the  feasibility of implementing joint projects.