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70 DIASPORA ARMENIANS GRANTED THE RIGHT TO FREE EDUCATION IN YEREVAN
ArmenPress
Sept 17 2004
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 17, ARMENPRESS: Seventy young Diasporan
Armenians were granted this year the right to study free in Armenian
universities, while applications for paid education will be accepted
until October 31. According to an official of the education ministry,
the number of Diaspora Armenian studying in Armenia has doubled since
1997, which he attributed to the "purposeful policy of the ministry."
Diaspora students granted the free education right are usually
majoring in Armenian linguistics and history. The majority of
students are from neighboring Georgia that has a 400,000 strong
Armenian community and local Armenian schools carry out the education
based on Armenia-developed programs, followed by Iran, Russia,
Turkmenistan, Syria, US, Canada, Ukraine, Israel, Lebanon, Jordan
and other countries.
ArmenPress
Sept 17 2004
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 17, ARMENPRESS: Seventy young Diasporan
Armenians were granted this year the right to study free in Armenian
universities, while applications for paid education will be accepted
until October 31. According to an official of the education ministry,
the number of Diaspora Armenian studying in Armenia has doubled since
1997, which he attributed to the "purposeful policy of the ministry."
Diaspora students granted the free education right are usually
majoring in Armenian linguistics and history. The majority of
students are from neighboring Georgia that has a 400,000 strong
Armenian community and local Armenian schools carry out the education
based on Armenia-developed programs, followed by Iran, Russia,
Turkmenistan, Syria, US, Canada, Ukraine, Israel, Lebanon, Jordan
and other countries.