Armenian Police Centre staff complete training course with support of OSCE Office

YEREVAN, 28 September 2007 - The teaching staff of the Police Centre for Induction Training in Yerevan completed a training course today. 

Organized by the OSCE Office and delivered by two international experts, the three-week course focused on the concept of student-centred learning and was designed to enhance existing didactical and training skills of police trainers and methods of teaching.

"Student-centred learning is the best way of successfully transferring knowledge to adults, and I am very happy to see that the course students, who are all experienced trainers, picked it up so well. The next step will be to have them develop the new curriculum with help from our experts," said Carel Hofstra, the Politico-Military Officer at the OSCE Office in Yerevan.

Peter Wilson, a police training expert from the UK, added: "The participants acquired a range of new skills and abilities in the presentation of training material. I am sure they will use these abilities in their everyday work to further develop police training in Armenia."

The course was part of an OSCE-supported Police Assistance Programme, which also includes strengthening the capacity of the Police Centre for Induction Training. It followed the complete renovation and re-equipment of the Centre, done this year with OSCE support.