Armenia : Workforce Development

Armenia has made considerable efforts to reinforce its education and training systems' capacity to respond to the pressures of globalization and the challenges of a knowledge-based economy. This report presents a comprehensive diagnostic of th...

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Language:English
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Published: Washington, DC 2015
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/24322066/saber-workforce-development-country-report-armenia-2014
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topic ACADEMIC YEAR
ADULT EDUCATION
ADVANCED RESEARCH
BASIC EDUCATION
CAREER
CAREER CHOICES
CAREER COUNSELING
CAREER GUIDANCE
CIVIL SOCIETY
COLLEGE LEVEL
COLLEGES
COMPULSORY GENERAL EDUCATION
CONTINUING EDUCATION
COUNSELORS
CREATING JOB OPPORTUNITIES
CURRICULA
CURRICULUM
CURRICULUM REFORM
DEVELOPMENT GOALS
DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES
DEVELOPMENT PLANS
DISADVANTAGED GROUPS
DISCIPLINES
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC POLICIES
ECONOMIC PROGRESS
ECONOMIC TRANSITION
ECONOMIC TRENDS
EDUCATED WORKFORCE
EDUCATION BUDGET
EDUCATION FOR ALL
EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
EDUCATION PROGRAMS
EDUCATION SECTOR
EDUCATION SYSTEM
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EDUCATIONAL DEGREES
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
EDUCATIONAL LEVELS
EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES
EDUCATIONAL PLANS
EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS
EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
EFFECTIVENESS OF EDUCATION
EFFICIENCY OF EDUCATION SERVICES
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
EMPLOYMENT GROWTH
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
ENROLLMENT
EXAMS
FORMAL EDUCATION
FORMAL EDUCATION SYSTEM
FOUNDATION SKILLS
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
HIGH SCHOOL
HIGH SCHOOLS
HIGHER EDUCATION
HIGHER INCOMES
HIGHER PRODUCTIVITY
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN POVERTY
INFORMATION SYSTEM
INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITATION
INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS
INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION
INTERVENTIONS
JOB CREATION
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
JOB SEEKERS
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKET DEMAND
LABOR MARKET NEEDS
LABOR MARKET REQUIREMENTS
LEARNERS
LEARNING
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
LEARNING MATERIALS
LEARNING OUTCOMES
LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT
LEVEL OF EDUCATION
LEVEL OF POVERTY
LEVELS OF EDUCATION
LIFELONG LEARNING
LIMITED RESOURCES
LITERACY
LITERACY RATES
LOWER SECONDARY EDUCATION
MANDATES
MEDICAL COLLEGE
MIDDLE SCHOOL
MIDDLE SCHOOLS
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
MODERNIZATION
NATIONAL COUNCIL
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
NATIONAL GOALS
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
NATIONAL LEVEL
NATIONAL PLAN
NATIONAL PLANS
NATIONAL POLICIES
NATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORK
NATIONAL SECURITY
NATURAL RESOURCES
NUMBER OF STUDENTS
OCCUPATIONS
PAPERS
PARTNERSHIP WITH INDUSTRY
PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
POLICY DIALOGUE
POLICY FRAMEWORK
POLICY GOALS
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POLITICAL LEADERSHIP
POLITICAL SUPPORT
POPULATION GROUPS
PREEMPLOYMENT TRAINING
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRIMARY SCHOOLING
PRIVATE COLLEGES
PRIVATE SECTOR INVOLVEMENT
PRIVATE TRAINING
PRIVATE TRAINING INSTITUTIONS
PRIVATE TUTORING
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS
PUBLIC SUPPORT
PUBLIC TRAINING
PUPILS
QUALITY ASSESSMENT
QUALITY ASSURANCE
QUALITY OF EDUCATION
QUALITY STANDARDS
RESOURCE USE
RESOURCES FOR EDUCATION
RESPECT
SCHOOL YEAR
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SERVICE DELIVERY
SERVICE PROVISION
SKILLED LABOR
SKILLED LABOR FORCE
SKILLED WORKERS
SKILLS ACQUISITION
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL ISSUES
SOCIAL PROGRESS
SOCIAL RESEARCH
SOCIAL WELFARE
SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
STATE EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS
STRATEGIC PRIORITIES
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TEACHER
TEACHER TRAINING
TEACHERS
TERTIARY EDUCATION
TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS
TERTIARY LEVEL
TRADE UNIONS
TRAINING INSTITUTIONS
TRAINING NEEDS
TRAINING PROGRAMS
TRAINING SERVICES
TYPES OF EDUCATION
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
UNIVERSITIES
UNMET DEMAND
URBAN AREAS
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS
VOCATIONAL TRAINING
WORKFORCE
YOUNG PEOPLE
YOUTH
spellingShingle ACADEMIC YEAR
ADULT EDUCATION
ADVANCED RESEARCH
BASIC EDUCATION
CAREER
CAREER CHOICES
CAREER COUNSELING
CAREER GUIDANCE
CIVIL SOCIETY
COLLEGE LEVEL
COLLEGES
COMPULSORY GENERAL EDUCATION
CONTINUING EDUCATION
COUNSELORS
CREATING JOB OPPORTUNITIES
CURRICULA
CURRICULUM
CURRICULUM REFORM
DEVELOPMENT GOALS
DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES
DEVELOPMENT PLANS
DISADVANTAGED GROUPS
DISCIPLINES
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC POLICIES
ECONOMIC PROGRESS
ECONOMIC TRANSITION
ECONOMIC TRENDS
EDUCATED WORKFORCE
EDUCATION BUDGET
EDUCATION FOR ALL
EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
EDUCATION PROGRAMS
EDUCATION SECTOR
EDUCATION SYSTEM
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EDUCATIONAL DEGREES
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
EDUCATIONAL LEVELS
EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES
EDUCATIONAL PLANS
EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS
EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
EFFECTIVENESS OF EDUCATION
EFFICIENCY OF EDUCATION SERVICES
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
EMPLOYMENT GROWTH
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
ENROLLMENT
EXAMS
FORMAL EDUCATION
FORMAL EDUCATION SYSTEM
FOUNDATION SKILLS
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
HIGH SCHOOL
HIGH SCHOOLS
HIGHER EDUCATION
HIGHER INCOMES
HIGHER PRODUCTIVITY
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN POVERTY
INFORMATION SYSTEM
INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITATION
INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS
INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION
INTERVENTIONS
JOB CREATION
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
JOB SEEKERS
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKET DEMAND
LABOR MARKET NEEDS
LABOR MARKET REQUIREMENTS
LEARNERS
LEARNING
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
LEARNING MATERIALS
LEARNING OUTCOMES
LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT
LEVEL OF EDUCATION
LEVEL OF POVERTY
LEVELS OF EDUCATION
LIFELONG LEARNING
LIMITED RESOURCES
LITERACY
LITERACY RATES
LOWER SECONDARY EDUCATION
MANDATES
MEDICAL COLLEGE
MIDDLE SCHOOL
MIDDLE SCHOOLS
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
MODERNIZATION
NATIONAL COUNCIL
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
NATIONAL GOALS
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
NATIONAL LEVEL
NATIONAL PLAN
NATIONAL PLANS
NATIONAL POLICIES
NATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORK
NATIONAL SECURITY
NATURAL RESOURCES
NUMBER OF STUDENTS
OCCUPATIONS
PAPERS
PARTNERSHIP WITH INDUSTRY
PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
POLICY DIALOGUE
POLICY FRAMEWORK
POLICY GOALS
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POLITICAL LEADERSHIP
POLITICAL SUPPORT
POPULATION GROUPS
PREEMPLOYMENT TRAINING
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRIMARY SCHOOLING
PRIVATE COLLEGES
PRIVATE SECTOR INVOLVEMENT
PRIVATE TRAINING
PRIVATE TRAINING INSTITUTIONS
PRIVATE TUTORING
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS
PUBLIC SUPPORT
PUBLIC TRAINING
PUPILS
QUALITY ASSESSMENT
QUALITY ASSURANCE
QUALITY OF EDUCATION
QUALITY STANDARDS
RESOURCE USE
RESOURCES FOR EDUCATION
RESPECT
SCHOOL YEAR
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SERVICE DELIVERY
SERVICE PROVISION
SKILLED LABOR
SKILLED LABOR FORCE
SKILLED WORKERS
SKILLS ACQUISITION
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL ISSUES
SOCIAL PROGRESS
SOCIAL RESEARCH
SOCIAL WELFARE
SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
STATE EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS
STRATEGIC PRIORITIES
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TEACHER
TEACHER TRAINING
TEACHERS
TERTIARY EDUCATION
TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS
TERTIARY LEVEL
TRADE UNIONS
TRAINING INSTITUTIONS
TRAINING NEEDS
TRAINING PROGRAMS
TRAINING SERVICES
TYPES OF EDUCATION
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
UNIVERSITIES
UNMET DEMAND
URBAN AREAS
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS
VOCATIONAL TRAINING
WORKFORCE
YOUNG PEOPLE
YOUTH
World Bank
Armenia : Workforce Development
geographic_facet Europe and Central Asia
Armenia
relation Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER) country report;2014
description Armenia has made considerable efforts to reinforce its education and training systems' capacity to respond to the pressures of globalization and the challenges of a knowledge-based economy. This report presents a comprehensive diagnostic of the country's workforce development (WfD) policies and institutions to inform policy dialogue on this important issue. The results are based on a new World Bank tool designed for this purpose. SABER-WfD, the tool is part of the World Bank's initiative on systems approach for better education results (SABER), the aim of which is to provide systematic documentation and assessment of the policy and institutional factors that influence the performance of education and training systems. It examines three crucial dimensions of the WfD system: strategic framework, system oversight, and service delivery. The SABER-WfD tool encompasses initial, continuing, and targeted vocational education and training that are offered through multiple channels and focuses largely on programs at the secondary and post-secondary levels. This report documents the results of the use of the SABER-WfD tool in Armenia for the first time. A key trend is that while the WfD system is producing an increasingly highly educated workforce, graduates do not possess the specific skills required by the labor market, which are often lower-level skills and attainable through shorter periods of education. Therefore, it is important to continue with the system reforms that aim to increase the quality of professional education and to bring it into compliance with labor market demands as well as the strategic educational and development objectives of the country.
format Publications & Research
author World Bank
author_facet World Bank
author_sort World Bank
title Armenia : Workforce Development
title_short Armenia : Workforce Development
title_full Armenia : Workforce Development
title_fullStr Armenia : Workforce Development
title_full_unstemmed Armenia : Workforce Development
title_sort armenia : workforce development
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2015
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/24322066/saber-workforce-development-country-report-armenia-2014
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21757
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spelling okr-10986-217572021-04-23T14:04:04Z Armenia : Workforce Development World Bank ACADEMIC YEAR ADULT EDUCATION ADVANCED RESEARCH BASIC EDUCATION CAREER CAREER CHOICES CAREER COUNSELING CAREER GUIDANCE CIVIL SOCIETY COLLEGE LEVEL COLLEGES COMPULSORY GENERAL EDUCATION CONTINUING EDUCATION COUNSELORS CREATING JOB OPPORTUNITIES CURRICULA CURRICULUM CURRICULUM REFORM DEVELOPMENT GOALS DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES DEVELOPMENT PLANS DISADVANTAGED GROUPS DISCIPLINES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIC PROGRESS ECONOMIC TRANSITION ECONOMIC TRENDS EDUCATED WORKFORCE EDUCATION BUDGET EDUCATION FOR ALL EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS EDUCATION PROGRAMS EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL DEGREES EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS EDUCATIONAL LEVELS EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES EDUCATIONAL PLANS EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM EFFECTIVENESS OF EDUCATION EFFICIENCY OF EDUCATION SERVICES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS EMPLOYMENT GROWTH EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES ENROLLMENT EXAMS FORMAL EDUCATION FORMAL EDUCATION SYSTEM FOUNDATION SKILLS GOVERNMENT AGENCIES GOVERNMENT SUPPORT HIGH SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOLS HIGHER EDUCATION HIGHER INCOMES HIGHER PRODUCTIVITY HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN POVERTY INFORMATION SYSTEM INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITATION INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION INTERVENTIONS JOB CREATION JOB OPPORTUNITIES JOB SEEKERS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET DEMAND LABOR MARKET NEEDS LABOR MARKET REQUIREMENTS LEARNERS LEARNING LEARNING ACTIVITIES LEARNING MATERIALS LEARNING OUTCOMES LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT LEVEL OF EDUCATION LEVEL OF POVERTY LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIFELONG LEARNING LIMITED RESOURCES LITERACY LITERACY RATES LOWER SECONDARY EDUCATION MANDATES MEDICAL COLLEGE MIDDLE SCHOOL MIDDLE SCHOOLS MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MODERNIZATION NATIONAL COUNCIL NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT NATIONAL GOALS NATIONAL GOVERNMENT NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL PLAN NATIONAL PLANS NATIONAL POLICIES NATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORK NATIONAL SECURITY NATURAL RESOURCES NUMBER OF STUDENTS OCCUPATIONS PAPERS PARTNERSHIP WITH INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS POLICY DIALOGUE POLICY FRAMEWORK POLICY GOALS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLITICAL LEADERSHIP POLITICAL SUPPORT POPULATION GROUPS PREEMPLOYMENT TRAINING PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOLING PRIVATE COLLEGES PRIVATE SECTOR INVOLVEMENT PRIVATE TRAINING PRIVATE TRAINING INSTITUTIONS PRIVATE TUTORING PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS PUBLIC SUPPORT PUBLIC TRAINING PUPILS QUALITY ASSESSMENT QUALITY ASSURANCE QUALITY OF EDUCATION QUALITY STANDARDS RESOURCE USE RESOURCES FOR EDUCATION RESPECT SCHOOL YEAR SECONDARY EDUCATION SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVISION SKILLED LABOR SKILLED LABOR FORCE SKILLED WORKERS SKILLS ACQUISITION SKILLS DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL ISSUES SOCIAL PROGRESS SOCIAL RESEARCH SOCIAL WELFARE SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STATE EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS STRATEGIC PRIORITIES SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TEACHER TEACHER TRAINING TEACHERS TERTIARY EDUCATION TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS TERTIARY LEVEL TRADE UNIONS TRAINING INSTITUTIONS TRAINING NEEDS TRAINING PROGRAMS TRAINING SERVICES TYPES OF EDUCATION UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNIVERSITIES UNMET DEMAND URBAN AREAS VOCATIONAL EDUCATION VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS VOCATIONAL TRAINING WORKFORCE YOUNG PEOPLE YOUTH Armenia has made considerable efforts to reinforce its education and training systems' capacity to respond to the pressures of globalization and the challenges of a knowledge-based economy. This report presents a comprehensive diagnostic of the country's workforce development (WfD) policies and institutions to inform policy dialogue on this important issue. The results are based on a new World Bank tool designed for this purpose. SABER-WfD, the tool is part of the World Bank's initiative on systems approach for better education results (SABER), the aim of which is to provide systematic documentation and assessment of the policy and institutional factors that influence the performance of education and training systems. It examines three crucial dimensions of the WfD system: strategic framework, system oversight, and service delivery. The SABER-WfD tool encompasses initial, continuing, and targeted vocational education and training that are offered through multiple channels and focuses largely on programs at the secondary and post-secondary levels. This report documents the results of the use of the SABER-WfD tool in Armenia for the first time. A key trend is that while the WfD system is producing an increasingly highly educated workforce, graduates do not possess the specific skills required by the labor market, which are often lower-level skills and attainable through shorter periods of education. Therefore, it is important to continue with the system reforms that aim to increase the quality of professional education and to bring it into compliance with labor market demands as well as the strategic educational and development objectives of the country. 2015-04-17T18:56:27Z 2015-04-17T18:56:27Z 2014 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/24322066/saber-workforce-development-country-report-armenia-2014 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21757 English en_US Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER) country report;2014 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper Europe and Central Asia Armenia