YEREVAN, OCTOBER 10, NOYAN TAPAN. A number of Armenian higher education institutions cooperate with higher education institutions of Great Britain, France, Germany, Belgium, Austria, Greece and other countries thanks to the TEMPUS-TACIS project on EU's assistance to CIS countries in educational sphere. Project head in Armenia, Irina Movsisian, said this at the October 10 event under the title Information Day held at Yerevan State University. In her words, in total, 28 projects each lasting 3 years are implemented in Armenia in management, social labor and politics, medical and engineering sciences and other spheres. In her words, few students are involved in these projects: mainly lecturers and post-graduate students of higher education institutions take part in them. Alexander Grigorian, YSU Prorector on Education, said that the biggest project currently operating at YSU, Joint European Project (JEP), is aimed at improving library work and creating an electronic library at the University. The University cooperates with Hannover and a number of other European universities for this purpose. YSU Prorector also said that it is also envisaged to introduce a tele-teaching system at YSU with JEP grants, which will enable to organize teaching by new methods, through Internet and e-mail.

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