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    Good education is deed, not just words, says Armenian education professional

    10:55 * 01.09.14


    Ahead of the September 1 Knowledge Day, Tert.am has interviewed Anahit
    Bakhshyan, a deputy director of the National Institute of Education.
    Commenting on younger generation's education and upbringing, the
    education official said she believes that it is important to have good
    examples on the upper levels of government to breed responsibility in
    the younger generation.

    What do you find to be a number one problem in our educational system?

    It is to prepare good citizens for the Republic of Armenia; I mean
    educating a human being who knows the law and his or her rights, as
    well as the rights of others to be able to protect and be protected
    and to serve the country. For me, this is the most important thing. My
    experience shows that the children having the seed of a good citizen
    do well at school and know what to do to be useful.

    What prevents your words from becoming a reality?

    Those children do not have that example. To make our school-children
    patriotic and responsible citizens, it is necessary to have such
    examples on the upper levels. But because our authorities have few
    examples of the kind - I don't say they do not have any at all - they
    should never expect the society to become more civil. Today's society
    is more civil as it is than it was a couple of year ago.

    As you spoke about patriotism, schools have now introduced new
    subjects that still need to pass a probation period. The Ministry of
    Education and Science, in collaboration with the Ministry of Defense
    and the volunteers' union Yerkrapah [Defender of Land]. is elaborating
    a concept aimed at patriotic-military education.

    It is impossible to have such a subject. I am very sorry to note that
    Mr Ashotyan [the minister of education and science] is an author of
    such an initiative, but knowing him, I say that he very well knows or
    must be aware that this isn't something to be achieved through a
    concept. Patriotic-military education is something every teacher has
    to put into his or her subject if that person is really a patriot and
    a devotee. It's a problem every teacher has to resolve while teaching
    each subject. No system is needed for them. I have to return to my
    previous statement that a patriotic education is an example of
    upbringing. If the government today equips and takes care of a school
    in a border village the same way as it does in the capital, a child
    who is growing up will say, 'my country loves me, so I love my country
    too, and I will serve it. Patriotism is a deed, not a word.

    Armenian News - Tert.am

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