ISSUES OF ORGANIZING THE EDUCATION FOR SYRIAN ARMENIANS DISCUSSED IN YEREVAN

Mediamax
July 27 2012
Armenia

Yerevan /Mediamax/. Issues of ensuring education for Syrian Armenians
were discussed in the Armenian Ministry of Education today.

"We should do our best to create favorable conditions and demonstrate
an individual approach to our compatriots who found themselves in
a difficult situation", said Armenian Minister of Education Armen
Ashotyan.

He informed that accelerated education will be organized for Syrian
Armenians in specially selected schools with the support of the Yerevan
Mayor's Office. The Minister assigned the head of the Department of
the Secondary Education of the Yerevan Mayor's Office to select three
high schools taking into account the same regime.

Speaking on higher education, Armen Ashotyan said that the process
of entrance exams for applicants from Syria should be objective but
at the same time they should be conducted by a simplified order.

The Minister said that he will request the universities to reduce the
tuition fee for Syrian Armenians in the preparatory departments by 50%.