Education

“The only thing left for me to do is forget about my Armenian citizenship. What else can I do? I’m afraid that my son will commit suicide. He is 23 years old, he is working on five scientific projects, but our country doesn’t want smart people,” says Mrs. Lusik crying. On June 28, she and …

The RA education minister, Sergo Yeritsyan, visited the food production college of Yerevan yesterday where he said that the ministry of education was not a political body and would be grateful to anyone bringing him an example when any representative of their party (“Rule of Law”) had been appointed principal of a school. “About 4-5 …

This year schoolchildren will throw their “Last Ring” parties on June 10 and will be given their certificates on June 30, 31. Yesterday the RA education minister, Sergo Eritsyan met with the regional management board members dealing with educational issues and instructed them to organize these parties only in schools, as well as organize well …

According to Sergo Yeritsyan this year 70 applicants have a right to study at Russian Universities. During the past years our applicants were either not informed about this and didn’t apply for these programs or were not qualified enough to pass the exams. Applications will be accepted from May 1 through May 15, after which …

The 2005 annual report of the National Academy of Sciences was presented yesterday during the general meeting. According to the report, the academy’s activities during the past year were considered as a record. Vice-president, academician-secretary of the NAS Edward Ghazaryan presented the report and he emphasized three points, which were part of the record. In …

Candidate for the State University rector’s position, deputy rector Edward Chubaryan has refused to be in this position on temporary basis. Regarding this he says, “I will leave from the country for several days and I will not be here”. As for why he has decided to leave the country in this busy period and …

In regard to the structure of the Armenian Academy of Science the RA prime minister says, “It would be better to start the process of recruiting young academicians from the starting point of electing a new head. But alas the youngest academician is 65 years old.” According to the prime minister in order to recruit …

During the 4-hour long session of the National Academy of Sciences, the majority of the presidential administration was praising the president and begging him not to leave the National Academy of Sciences. Based on the preliminary scenario, it was expected to see Fadey Sargsyan step down from office and the members of the academy had …

According to our sources, the rector of Yerevan Architectural University, Youri Sargsyan, has written an application to resign. We were informed from the PR department of the university that the rector had applied for resignation and meanwhile, taking into account very important issues of the university, asked to let him stay as rector for a …

According to our information Fadeh Sargsyan, who was going to resign from his position, has changed his mind. The reason is the press conference held by academic Henri Nersisyan on April 3, during which he continued criticizing the head of the academy. This is the reason why he changed his mind in one day. He …