President Armen Sarkissian says the education systems of Armenia, Great Britain, Russia or other countries are not comparable as they have been formed in different environments and have different educational histories.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has appointed Davit Gyurjinyan to serve as chairman of the language committee of the ministry of education and science, the government’s press service said.
Armenia’s minister of education and science Arayik Harutyunyan considers the depoliticization of schools as a priority task.
David Yang, co-founder at Ayb School, applies to the Minister of Education and Science Arayik Harutyunyan.
Abraham Lincoln said, “If I had 8 hours to chop down a tree, I would spend 6 of those hours sharpening my axe.” We all waste time in chopping the tree by a blunt axe. We seem to work, but we see no changes.
Starting January 1st, 2018, Budapest’s Central European University (CEU) will no longer be permitted to enrol new students in any programs, unless an agreement is reached between the United States government, the State of New York and Hungary’s Orbán government no later than September and unless CEU opens a new campus in the U.S.
The interlocutors discussed issues related to the establishment of the Inter-University Center for Higher Education. Highlighting the importance of reforms in the system of higher education, Karen Karapetyan welcomed Mr. Simonyan’s initiative in this area.
According to the Minister, it’s planned that the graduates of Monte Melkonyan school will be sent to the best military academies in Russia, China, Italy, France, Germany, Greece and other countries to continue their education.
Ten recipients of the Gratitude Scholarship program from Syria, Palestine, Israel, Jordan, the Palestinian Territories and Lebanon will begin their studies at United World College (UWC) schools around the world in September. These students have been chosen based on their high academic performance. Each is either a refugee or displaced, living in extreme poverty, or living with the loss of a parent or a guardian. Seven of the students will attend UWC Dilijan in Armenia, an international co-educational boarding school which hosts students from more than 60 countries.
40 graduates 2015-16 from Armenia’s all orphanages were donated total AMD 8 million by “Tashir” Charity Foundation. Every year ten thousands of young people graduate from the school. They are quite different, both as individuals and by social origin, as well as by the way they have chosen. However, there are children, who are similar at least regarding one point. They are from orphanages, children, childhood planet of whose was not so pure, as that of thousands of peers.
