The “Center for Education Projects” PIU was established on October 11, 1996, by the # 298-M Decree of the Minister of Education and Science. During this period CEP has implemented two projects:

1. Education Financing and Management Reform Project”, 1998-2002. Main objectives of this project were:

• Decentralization of the education system;
• Increasing efficiency in use of public resources;
• Rationalization of the school system;
• Financial and management reforms of the general education system;
• Increase of community and parents involvement in education;
• Upgrading of the state curriculum and provision of secondary schools with core textbooks;
• Development of Private Sector in Education.

2. “Education Qulaity and Relevance” First Project, 2003-2009. This project has the dual aim of raising the quality of education and ensuring its relevance to the new economy and knowledge society needs along with carrying forward reforms to improve the efficiency of the education system.To achieve this goal, the following Project development objectives were set:

• Increase the quality of teaching and learning in schools by creating a coherent National Curriculum Framework (NCF), and setting education standards that encourage independent thinking skills and other key competencies in pupils of all abilities;
• Establish a professional, credible national system for school graduation and HEI entrance examinations, which are trusted by the society and insure smooth transition from secondary to the higher education;
• Introduce new processes and techniques of learner formative assessment and apply results for evidence-based policy making in education using the following types of assessment;
• Develop skills and culture of  national assessments and participate in international surveys;
• Improve pupil learning outcomes through the use of Information Communication Technologies(ICT);
• Increase effectiveness and efficiency of teachers and schools to enhance the delivery of curriculum through the use of ICT;
• Train teachers to upgrade their professional qualifications and equip them with new skills and tools, such as use of ICT in teaching process, new assessments instruments, and interactive teaching methods;
• Build capacity for successful implementation of the reforms via training of education officials, school directors, and board members; as well as through public information and dissemination activities.
• Facilitate management and decision-making process on the central, Marz and school levels through the use of the EMIS (Education Management Information System);
• Support further decentralizing the country’s education system through autonomous school-based management, new accountability systems, and by promoting community participation in school funding and management through elected school boards and improving the per-capita fianacing mechanisms.

“Center for Education Projects” PIU started to implement  the “Education Quality and Relevance” Second Project” beginning from November, 2009. The completion of this project is anticipated in 2014. The main purpose of this project is to direct development of the Armenian Education System towards the “knowledge economy” demand through ensuring the General and Tertiary Education quality that meets the social-economic needs of society.

• Support establishment of the complete high school network and its successful operation;
• Continue the activities directed to introduction of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in the teaching/learning processes;
• Assist the process of establishing institutional system for teachers professional development ensuring highly qualified pedagogical and administrative cadre.
• Establishment and Strengthening of the National Quality Assurance System;
• Developing a Tertiary Education Management Information System;
• Strengthening the Capacity to Implement a Sustainable Financing System;
• Reforming Pre-service Teacher Education.