First Armenian Actuaries of International Level Receive Qualified Certificates
30.07.2010,
21:17
The first in Armenia actuaries of international level received qualification certificates on completion of professional courses organized by AED / USAID and the Central Bank of Armenia on Thursday.
YEREVAN, July 30./ARKA/.The first in Armenia actuaries of international level received qualification certificates on completion of professional courses organized by AED / USAID and the Central Bank of Armenia on Thursday.
"We have initiated these courses in order to ensure the presence of the Institute of Actuaries in the financial market of Armenia at the proper level. We worked with the British Association of Actuaries, which has provided us with the lecturers. Experts have shared with our youth with knowledge and skills in the field of actuarial matters in particular in the insurance market and the pension system,” said the deputy chairman of the Central Bank of Armenia Vache Gabrielyan.
The program for certification of Actuaries consisted of two elements - ground and depth. Within each of these elements there were courses and qualifying exams. An in-depth course may take part for learners who passed the exams the first phase with positive evaluations.
The main part of the course was launched in May 2008 and ended in February 2009.
The second, in-depth part of the course was held from February 2009 to July 2010.
Gabrielyan explained that professional certification should not be confused with high school education.
"The purpose of qualifying courses is to raise the specialists of this sphere at the international level. We can safely say that the eight young professionals have received certificates, hardly inferior to the level of their colleagues from developed countries," he said.
According to the deputy head of the Central Bank, another 15 people received certificates of completion of the first phase of the course. . –0-
"We have initiated these courses in order to ensure the presence of the Institute of Actuaries in the financial market of Armenia at the proper level. We worked with the British Association of Actuaries, which has provided us with the lecturers. Experts have shared with our youth with knowledge and skills in the field of actuarial matters in particular in the insurance market and the pension system,” said the deputy chairman of the Central Bank of Armenia Vache Gabrielyan.
The program for certification of Actuaries consisted of two elements - ground and depth. Within each of these elements there were courses and qualifying exams. An in-depth course may take part for learners who passed the exams the first phase with positive evaluations.
The main part of the course was launched in May 2008 and ended in February 2009.
The second, in-depth part of the course was held from February 2009 to July 2010.
Gabrielyan explained that professional certification should not be confused with high school education.
"The purpose of qualifying courses is to raise the specialists of this sphere at the international level. We can safely say that the eight young professionals have received certificates, hardly inferior to the level of their colleagues from developed countries," he said.
According to the deputy head of the Central Bank, another 15 people received certificates of completion of the first phase of the course. . –0-
