Hayarpi Saghatelyan, Ayb Primary School homeroom teachers’ head, believes that a teacher’s mission goes far beyond just teaching. It is a path where the teacher and the student grow hand in hand together, creating an environment of freedom and self-discovery. In her opinion, this attitude lies at the basis of Ayb, allowing children not only to learn but also to explore the world around them and become the creators of their own success.
Starting from September this year, the high school component has also been operating at Dilijan Central School. Here, students will have the chance to study the Araratian Baccalaureate program, gaining access to internationally competitive education right in their hometown.
Today, we share the journeys of three of those students — Aram, Diana, and Arsen: from a difficult reality to a new, sometimes unfamiliar, but immediately welcoming and opportunity-filled school life. All three came to Ayb with different experiences and different dreams, but with the same purpose: to receive an education, mature, and build their own path.
The training path of Armen Harutyunyan and Tamara Simonyan as part of the Education Management and Leadership program
Ayb's vision goes beyond student-centered education, recognizing that the most profound transformation in the education system begins with reconsidering the role of the teachers and principals. Therefore, the training and capacity building of teachers and principals is one of the core aspects of Ayb's educational mission. Training becomes an outliving experience, reshaping not
Recently Tatevik, a bioinformatics scientist, received her Masters from Oxford University and returned to Armenia. We talked to her about how Ayb Scholarship Program helped her achieve her goals and how school has remained an integral part of her life even years later.
How project-based learning at Ayb opens up new horizons
What if schooling went beyond textbooks and turned into a creative adventure? This has long been a reality in the Ayb educational program. Being an essential part of the curriculum, project-based learning has been helping students acquire new skills, discover their interests, and even decide on their future profession since 2015.