YEREVAN. – Starting from 2016, the Ministry of Education and Science of Armenia will consider the certificates of successful IELTS (International English Language Testing System) test results a proof of English proficiency, just as the ministry already recognizes the successful TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) results.   

Education and Science Minister Armen Ashotyan announced the aforesaid at a conference Wednesday entitled Connecting Globally.

The objective of this meeting was to discuss the process of making the quality of education in Armenia meet international standards.

In the minister’s words, great attention is paid in recent years to provide such education in the country.  

“We want to raise the level of teaching English in schools [in Armenia],” Ashotyan noted adding that knowing foreign languages is mandatory today in the world.