The Department of General Education of Yerevan Municipality ensures the implementation of powers assigned to the Mayor of Yerevan in the field of education, as well as the implementation of state educational policy. The department’s functions stem from legal acts related to education and are aimed at fulfilling the responsibilities assigned to the Mayor of Yerevan.
There are 151 schools under the jurisdiction of Yerevan, of which 139 are basic schools, 12 are high schools, and one is an educational complex.
Enrollment of first-grade students in schools is carried out through the Registration System. Parents are given the opportunity to register their school-age children at a preferable school. The system allows parents to see the number of available vacancies at each school and helps by listing the documents required for admission.
The main foreign languages studied in Yerevan's public schools are Russian, English, French, and German. Some schools also offer Persian, Chinese, Italian, Spanish, and more.

Programs in the Field of School Education

•    Under the coordination of the General Education Department, school and city phases of the RA school subject Olympiads are organized. The best-performing students are awarded diplomas, and those who achieved the first category awards get incentive gifts as well.
•    On the occasion of Book and Native Language Days various events are held in municipal schools. Libraries of the best-participating schools receive donations of literature. Modern writers and literary critics visit schools and meet with students.
•    As part of the programs aimed at supporting the process of formation of students' value system:
about 420 students in grades 10–12 from 12 high schools in Yerevan have participated in a program aimed at strengthening knowledge of basic military training, survival skills in emergencies, and practical abilities for defending the homeland. The program includes field-based thematic training with a specialized institution. Students learned about weapons, safety rules, aiming, observation positions, and engineering preparation. At the end of the training, they were given a chance to practice live firing at a fixed target.
Within the framework of a school tourism program, around 1,000 students from grades 7–9 visited culturally and historically significant sites in the city (Erebuni Historical and Archaeological Museum-Reserve, Cascade Complex and Cafesjian Center for the Arts, Victory Park, Matenadaran, National Academic  Theatre of Opera and Ballet, Yerevan State University, National Assembly, Yerevan Municipality). These educational trips have greatly supported the implementation of project-based learning activities.
As part of a public health awareness campaign, three animated social videos are being prepared, aimed respectively at elementary, middle, and high school students, on topics such as road safety, bullying prevention, and addiction prevention.
•    During an event honouring educators, around 80 teachers from Yerevan schools were awarded financial incentives.
•    To improve the effectiveness of school management boards, capacity-building training courses were held for about 400 council members. Meetings to develop management skills were also organized for school executive bodies—principals and administrative coordinators—of schools that transitioned to a new management system.
The department also coordinated several collaborative programs, such as “Your Art in School,” educational visits to the Monte Melkonyan Military Sports School, a program held at the Botanical Garden, events on children’s rights, teacher contests, and professional development training for teachers. These were carried out in cooperation with educational authorities and sectoral organizations.