Nowadays, it’s not unusual for university students to turn to plagiarism. Often because of overload and lack of interest on the part of lecturers, this can also be down to a lack of motivation among the students and underestimation of the importance of final projects.
As a participant in Kolba Lab’s Start-up Cup on Education, Hermine Karapetyan and her team worked with mentors and experts from education sector to develop fresh solutions to several key issues in the educational field in Armenia. Out of this process, Hermine proposed the development of the “Contact Students” platform, a tool for bridging employers and new graduates or final year students.
The tool has two main types of users. Employers will be able to locate the human resources they need, while also delegating some small-scale thematic researchers to students from relevant faculties. Students will be able to see potential employers and be able to connect with them, aiding their job search but also benefit by accessing an inventory of practically-grounded study projects. Students will have the opportunity to later publish their final projects on the platform, thus increasing their visibility for potentially interested employers. The IT sphere was chosen as the priority during the first phase of the platform development, engaging large IT companies and students pursuing relevant degrees in the sector.
If you are interested in this project and have ideas on collaboration with the project team, let us know by dropping a message at idea@kolba.am.
The Start-up Cup on Education was organised as part of the “Inno4Dev” project, which is funded by the European Union.