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Decrease in Number of Applicants in Higher Educational Establishments of Arts
YEREVAN, JULY 30, ARMENPRESS: The interest of applicants in the higher
educational establishments of arts is decreasing year by year,
according to Sergey Sarajyan, rector of Yerevan State Conservatory
after Komitas. Sergey Sarajyan said at today's meeting with
journalists that the number of applicants, who want to study in higher
educational establishments of arts, decreased this year. 18 applicant
filed applications for 40 places of the piano department of the
conservatory.
`If we do not pay proper attention to the issue we may lose our school
of pianists. The number of applicants did not decrease so drastically
in the past years,' Sergey Sarajyan said. He added that the interest
is big in the duduk, folk songs, estrade and vocal departments. Sergey
Sarajyan says the Armenian vocalists have an international fame and
they are warmly accepted in the European opera theatres. He added that
this is the reason applicants endeavor to study at these departments.
`Today our people pay a lot of attention to folk musical instruments,
estrade, folk songs and vocal art. The piano, violin, cello, wind
instruments are out of focus now and it is quite natural, because when
one applies to somewhere to study he/she does it for getting a job,'
Sergey Sarajyan said. He mentioned that more than 250 thousand musical
and art schools were operating in the Republic during the Soviet
period, but now the number of such schools is 100. Sergey Sarajyan
suggests that serious works be undertaken in the direction of making
those schools active.
The number of applicants for the departments of painting and sculpture
- on the basis of which the academy was established - decreased as
well, according to Aram Isabekyan, rector of RA State Academy of Fine
Arts. He added that the interest of applicants is bigger in the
departments of modern specialties, such as design and computer design,
because the demand for those specialties is bigger in the labor
market.
As to the tuition fee, Sergey Sarajyan mentioned that it makes 600 000
AMD in the State Conservatory. He said the study in the conservatory
is expensive, because there are plenty of private trainings. However,
the rector says, this amount is not enough for giving a proper salary
to the lecturers. The state-funded places were reduced by 50%.
Aram Isabekyan says all the higher educational establishments of arts
should be state-funded, as in France. The speakers mentioned that a
number of Diaspora-Armenians and foreigners study in the higher
educational establishments of arts. The rectors say those students
come to get high-quality education.
From: A. Papazian
YEREVAN, JULY 30, ARMENPRESS: The interest of applicants in the higher
educational establishments of arts is decreasing year by year,
according to Sergey Sarajyan, rector of Yerevan State Conservatory
after Komitas. Sergey Sarajyan said at today's meeting with
journalists that the number of applicants, who want to study in higher
educational establishments of arts, decreased this year. 18 applicant
filed applications for 40 places of the piano department of the
conservatory.
`If we do not pay proper attention to the issue we may lose our school
of pianists. The number of applicants did not decrease so drastically
in the past years,' Sergey Sarajyan said. He added that the interest
is big in the duduk, folk songs, estrade and vocal departments. Sergey
Sarajyan says the Armenian vocalists have an international fame and
they are warmly accepted in the European opera theatres. He added that
this is the reason applicants endeavor to study at these departments.
`Today our people pay a lot of attention to folk musical instruments,
estrade, folk songs and vocal art. The piano, violin, cello, wind
instruments are out of focus now and it is quite natural, because when
one applies to somewhere to study he/she does it for getting a job,'
Sergey Sarajyan said. He mentioned that more than 250 thousand musical
and art schools were operating in the Republic during the Soviet
period, but now the number of such schools is 100. Sergey Sarajyan
suggests that serious works be undertaken in the direction of making
those schools active.
The number of applicants for the departments of painting and sculpture
- on the basis of which the academy was established - decreased as
well, according to Aram Isabekyan, rector of RA State Academy of Fine
Arts. He added that the interest of applicants is bigger in the
departments of modern specialties, such as design and computer design,
because the demand for those specialties is bigger in the labor
market.
As to the tuition fee, Sergey Sarajyan mentioned that it makes 600 000
AMD in the State Conservatory. He said the study in the conservatory
is expensive, because there are plenty of private trainings. However,
the rector says, this amount is not enough for giving a proper salary
to the lecturers. The state-funded places were reduced by 50%.
Aram Isabekyan says all the higher educational establishments of arts
should be state-funded, as in France. The speakers mentioned that a
number of Diaspora-Armenians and foreigners study in the higher
educational establishments of arts. The rectors say those students
come to get high-quality education.
From: A. Papazian