RA Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports, UN Armenia, and UNICEF Armenia held the inaugural national consultation ahead of the Transforming Education Summit in September. The aim of the meeting is to ensure a participatory and comprehensive consultative process to uncover the current challenges in education and potential solutions.
The event was attended by Mr. Vahram Dumanyan, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports, Ms. Lila Pieters Yahia, acting UN Armenia Resident Coordinator, Ms. Silvia Mestroni, acting UNICEF Representative, Mr. Artur Martirosyan, Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports, as well as representatives of international organizations, diplomatic corps, youth and civil society organizations, private sector, teachers and education experts.
Vahram Dumanyan noted that Armenia will also participate in the global dialogue process.
It will contribute to the ongoing reforms in Armenia, and the long-term strategic planning process of education development. Additionally, it will clarify the scope of Armenia’s commitments in terms of education transformation.
The results of the consultation will feed into the Education Transformation Summit scheduled for the 77th session of the UN General Assembly in New York in September 2022.
