History

 The creation and activity of  “Union OF SCHOOL-CENTRES “ UNION OF LEGAL ENTITIES

• In 2004 the territory of the Republic of Armenia was devided into 52 educational areas (clusters) and 52 school-centres (SC-s) were chosen according to those “educational areas”.
• The selected schools within the framework of “Education Quality and Relevance” supported by World Bank’s first credit program became schhol-cetres not only teachers’ trainings, but also  the experimental and innovational centres of secondary education.
• After the implementation of  “Education Quality and Relevance” supported by World Bank’s first credit program in the result of discussions between school-principal’s, Minsitry of Education and Science and other stakeholders it was suggested to create “Union of School-Centres” Union of Legal Entities (hereafter USC) for developing and coordinating the activity of school-centres.
• According to RA Government resolution N. 1707-N, December 23, 2010 it was allowed to establish the “Union of School-Centers” Union of Legal Entities.
• On January 27, 2011 the «Union of School-Centres» was registered as non-profit organization.
• On August 1, 2012 a contract was signed between MoES “Center for Education Projects”   Project Implementation Unit and the “Union of School-Centers” Union of Legal Entities  according to which the activity of  “Union of School-Centers” Union of Legal Entities was officially launched.  
• According to RA Government resolution N. 483-A, May 8, 2013, 36 new schools were included in  “Union of School-Centers” Union of Legal Entities in the result of which the number of member schools became 88.
• On February 27-28, 2014 an annual conference was organized by USC in the “House of Writers”, Tsakhadzor where a seminar on ''How to make a grant-proposal'' was held. During the meeting an Understanding Memorandum about cooperation in the educational field was sighned between the “Union of School-Centers” Union of Legal Entities and “Dilijan International School of Armenia”.