As of July 30, 1827 from 13434 Entrants Taken Entrance Examinations

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AS OF JULY 30, 1827 FROM 13434 ENTRANTS TAKEN ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS RECEIVE
UNSATISFACTORY MARKS

YEREVAN, AUGUST 1, NOYAN TAPAN. "Entrance exams of institutions
of higher education are going on in a calm atmosphere, no strange
insident has been fixed by now, the number of appeals what makes about
10%, is acceptable and moderate." Levon Mkrtchian, the RA Minister
of Education and Science, the Chairman of the Republican Entrance
Commission mentioned about it in the interview to the Noyan Tapan
correspondent. According to the Minister, examination commissions
keep the same standards and principles of estimation, so "no flights
of the average mark" are noticed. L.Mkrtchian mentioned that there
are few cases of making use of ciphers as well (only one-two cases
were fixed). According to data of the Republican Entrance Commission,
as of July 30, 13434 entrants took entrance exams at institutions of
higher education of Armenia, 3532 of who got 18-20 points, and 1827
got unsatisfactory points. Most of all 18-20 points were fixed on
the following subjects: the written "Armenian Language" 1502 and
the written "English Language" 1021. No 20 points were fixed for
"Biology," "The French Language" and "The Russian Language" oral exams,
"The History of Armenian People," "The General History," "Geography,"
"Creative Competition" and "Chemistry" exams. Most of unsatisfactory
marks were fixed for exams on the following subjects: "Mathematics":
535, and "The History of Armenian People": 208.