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    ARMENIA'S OMBUDSMAN REPRIMANDS EDUCATION MINISTRY FOR RIGHTS VIOLATIONS LAST YEAR

    http://www.epress.am/en/2014/03/31/armenias-ombudsman-reprimands-education-ministry-for-rights-violations-last-year.html
    03.31.2014 17:47 epress.am

    The Human Rights Defender of the Republic of Armenia has begun to
    publish piecemeal his annual report, which covers various sectors. The
    section published today is called "What Rights the Ministry of
    Education Violated in 2013".

    The following are some of the omissions and problems the Ombudsman
    highlighted in Armenia's education sector:

    - Only 117 of Armenia's 1400 schools implemented inclusive education --
    with, however, obvious gaps. As a result, the right to education of
    thousands of children with disabilities were violated, since only 8%
    of schools are accessible to them.

    - As a rule, the deadline for the payment of tuition for socially
    disadvantaged students who have a high academic performance was not
    extended, which caused serious problems for these students -- from
    an unnecessary financial burden up to expulsion from the university.

    - Continued in the educational sector were fundraising, a
    differentiated approach toward educators, as well as cases of
    lawlessness committed by [school] principals.

    - In some cases, members of commissions in scientific competitions
    also took part as participants and exhibited bias, but as because
    of a legislative gap, competition participants were deprived of the
    opportunity to recuse that member.

    - As a result of deficient inspections, the availability of expired
    medication or the lack thereof, and the level of medical care in
    schools were not revealed.

    - The Ministry did not take measures to resolve the problem of the
    student councils of some universities being politicized, since this
    is contrary to the principle of universities not being politicized.

    - The communal conditions of schools in Yerevan and the regions
    [outside Yerevan] were not improved, resulting in several schools
    till today being in extremely poor condition.

    - In some cases, as a result of erroneous calculation by a school's
    directorate, teachers didn't receive their social package funds.


    From: Baghdasarian
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