Former deputy education minister appointed acting rector of Pedagogical University

Araksya Svajyan, former Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports, has been appointed acting rector of the Armenian State Pedagogical University.

Education Minister Zhanna Andreasyan highlighted Svajyan’s extensive teaching and research experience at the university and her work in education, including preschool education, the ministry said in a statement. 

Svajyan identified improving higher education quality, continuing work in general and preschool education, and developing research as her three main priorities. Lilit Mkrtchyan, the university’s former acting rector, has been appointed deputy head of the Higher Education and Science Committee.