The First Meeting of WorldView Parent Community

On January 23, the Visual Armenia Development Foundation hosted a meeting with over 30 parents of students from different schools. The central focus of the meeting agenda was to identify and articulate key challenges related to students from the parents’ perspective. During the discussion, parents raised a range of concerns, including:

• • shortage of textbooks,
  • excessive workload of homework assignments,
  • low student motivation,
  • lack of material and human resources in schools,
  • absence of a strong parent–teacher–student collaboration culture,
  • challenges related to school libraries, particularly the lack of relevant literature and reading spaces,
  • issues concerning school uniforms.

During the discussion, Nver Sargsyan, Chair of the Parents’ Council of Norayr Sisakyan High School No. 5 in Ashtarak and a current member of the Public Council under the Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports, shared his observations. Speaking primarily in his capacity as a parent and representative of the parent community, he addressed a number of systemic concerns, including the decline in students’ motivation to learn, communication challenges, the insufficient quality of education, the absence of effective conflict-resolution mechanisms in schools, the prevalence of bullying, and the broader issue of values formation within the school environment. He also emphasized that not all fathers are actively engaged in their children’s educational and school life.

Parents further expressed concerns regarding the effectiveness of the 12-year education system, the heavy academic load in classrooms, and the challenges of organizing inclusive education for students with special educational needs, largely due to the shortage of specialized professionals and teacher assistants.

The meeting was moderated by Hovhannes Ghazaryan, Executive Director of the Foundation and the visionary behind Brainograph EdTech.

A group-work session was also conducted, during which parents were divided into smaller groups to discuss the identified issues in greater depth and propose possible solution pathways. The meeting was widely assessed as meaningful, as parents noted that this format allows them to become full participants in the educational process, voice their perspectives, and actively engage in the search for solutions.

Many of the parents in attendance were already familiar with WorldView. Several specifically noted that it would be highly beneficial for students to be introduced to the platform from primary school, and suggested expanding it to include new subjects as well as language-learning components.