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INCOME FROM HIGHER EDUCATION IS NOT SPENT ON HIGHER EDUCATION
Lragir.am
18 July 06
Lana Karlova, the coordinator of the Tempus Tacis program, who
reported in the seminar on the possibilities that European integration
provides to the youth and the Bologna process, thinks that by the
end of the Bologna process in 2010 the picture in Armenia will not
be perfect. Armenia joined the Bologna declaration adopted in 1999
in 2005.
According to Lana Karlova, Armenia joined the declaration a little
late, and she thinks a revolution in this sphere might be desirable.
According to Ms. Lana Karlova, since the Bologna process is targeted at
the student, students determine success by pursuing their interests
and displaying political will to make decisions. If in European
countries student organizations are a force, and conduct a rather
serious debate and extend reports, in Armenia political parties are
standing behind student organizations and students are passive. The
situation will become more clear if we report that paid education
does not work in Armenia, for a student pays without knowing what
he wants to get, says Lana Karlova. There are students who cannot be
students. Another hindrance, according to her, is that the teaching
staff in universities is mainly aged 50 and more, and reforms would
be successful if a new generation came.
The observation of Member of Parliament Shavarsh Kocharyan allows
judging about the political will of decision makers: the Armenian
state, which does not have oil, gas and the like and must connect
the economic prospect with education and science, not only does not
give money to the higher education, but also has income from higher
education, which is not spent on higher education. "Young people
can see that those are successful who violate the law, isolate
themselves and rely on international and foreign organizations and
projects. Eventually, an educated young man appears abroad," says the
member of parliament. Meanwhile, according to Shavarsh Kocharyan, if
there were educated young people in our politics, in our delegation
to the PACE, the situation would be different. "We would pursue our
interests better."
The participants of the seminar knew that there is a Bologna group
in Armenia, as well as in all the other countries, which joined the
Bologna declaration. But if in Georgia, for instance, the group works
publicly and has published a schedule of concrete efforts, in Armenia,
at least the participants of the seminar did not know who are included
in the Bologna group and what they do.
Lragir.am
18 July 06
Lana Karlova, the coordinator of the Tempus Tacis program, who
reported in the seminar on the possibilities that European integration
provides to the youth and the Bologna process, thinks that by the
end of the Bologna process in 2010 the picture in Armenia will not
be perfect. Armenia joined the Bologna declaration adopted in 1999
in 2005.
According to Lana Karlova, Armenia joined the declaration a little
late, and she thinks a revolution in this sphere might be desirable.
According to Ms. Lana Karlova, since the Bologna process is targeted at
the student, students determine success by pursuing their interests
and displaying political will to make decisions. If in European
countries student organizations are a force, and conduct a rather
serious debate and extend reports, in Armenia political parties are
standing behind student organizations and students are passive. The
situation will become more clear if we report that paid education
does not work in Armenia, for a student pays without knowing what
he wants to get, says Lana Karlova. There are students who cannot be
students. Another hindrance, according to her, is that the teaching
staff in universities is mainly aged 50 and more, and reforms would
be successful if a new generation came.
The observation of Member of Parliament Shavarsh Kocharyan allows
judging about the political will of decision makers: the Armenian
state, which does not have oil, gas and the like and must connect
the economic prospect with education and science, not only does not
give money to the higher education, but also has income from higher
education, which is not spent on higher education. "Young people
can see that those are successful who violate the law, isolate
themselves and rely on international and foreign organizations and
projects. Eventually, an educated young man appears abroad," says the
member of parliament. Meanwhile, according to Shavarsh Kocharyan, if
there were educated young people in our politics, in our delegation
to the PACE, the situation would be different. "We would pursue our
interests better."
The participants of the seminar knew that there is a Bologna group
in Armenia, as well as in all the other countries, which joined the
Bologna declaration. But if in Georgia, for instance, the group works
publicly and has published a schedule of concrete efforts, in Armenia,
at least the participants of the seminar did not know who are included
in the Bologna group and what they do.