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"MINISTER MUST HAVE AN ARMENIAN EDUCATION"
A1Plus.am
26 Nov 2010
A number of members of the Public Council are getting ready to present
a special proposal to Serzh Sargsyan to have Armenian education as
a condition for appointing an education or culture minister.
They raised this issue today during the session of the Public Council's
subcommittee on religion, preservation of historical, cultural and
national values of the Diaspora and world integration committee.
There were mainly two topics being discussed, including the
preservation of Armenian cultural monuments in Turkey and the opening
of foreign language schools in Armenia.
All members of the subcommittee rejected the opening of foreign
language schools and prepared a package of proposals. The proposals
underline that instead of opening foreign language schools, it is
necessary to raise the level of instruction of foreign languages in
Armenian schools.
"But this must be under the condition that Armenian, or physics or
geography should not be affected. If parents want their children to
learn foreign languages more in-depth, then there should be extra
hours. If we don't go with this system, the name of the school will
change to a school with a bias, but in content it will be a foreign
language school," said subcommittee member Rafik Tadevosyan.
All education professionals attending the discussion find that if
foreign language schools open today, the demand of universities for
foreign languages will be inevitable in ten years. There was also a
proposal to take advantage of the Public Council's right to a veto
during the subsequent hearings on the issue at the National Assembly.
The subcommittee also raised the issues related to improvement
of Armenian language instruction, as well as the reinstatement of
television programs teaching Armenian language and poetry.
The members also discussed the state of Armenian historical-cultural
monuments in Turkey.
"We don't know exactly how many historical-cultural monuments there
are since the figures range from 2,500 to 3,000. In that case, how
can we tell Turkey or other countries' diplomats to help us preserve
our heritage?" asked subcommittee member, YSU professor, doctor of
historical sciences Ashot Manucharyan.
In that sense, the members proposed to address the corresponding bodies
to provide financial and technical support to individual experts who
will be ready to go and conduct studies in Turkey.
From: A. Papazian
A1Plus.am
26 Nov 2010
A number of members of the Public Council are getting ready to present
a special proposal to Serzh Sargsyan to have Armenian education as
a condition for appointing an education or culture minister.
They raised this issue today during the session of the Public Council's
subcommittee on religion, preservation of historical, cultural and
national values of the Diaspora and world integration committee.
There were mainly two topics being discussed, including the
preservation of Armenian cultural monuments in Turkey and the opening
of foreign language schools in Armenia.
All members of the subcommittee rejected the opening of foreign
language schools and prepared a package of proposals. The proposals
underline that instead of opening foreign language schools, it is
necessary to raise the level of instruction of foreign languages in
Armenian schools.
"But this must be under the condition that Armenian, or physics or
geography should not be affected. If parents want their children to
learn foreign languages more in-depth, then there should be extra
hours. If we don't go with this system, the name of the school will
change to a school with a bias, but in content it will be a foreign
language school," said subcommittee member Rafik Tadevosyan.
All education professionals attending the discussion find that if
foreign language schools open today, the demand of universities for
foreign languages will be inevitable in ten years. There was also a
proposal to take advantage of the Public Council's right to a veto
during the subsequent hearings on the issue at the National Assembly.
The subcommittee also raised the issues related to improvement
of Armenian language instruction, as well as the reinstatement of
television programs teaching Armenian language and poetry.
The members also discussed the state of Armenian historical-cultural
monuments in Turkey.
"We don't know exactly how many historical-cultural monuments there
are since the figures range from 2,500 to 3,000. In that case, how
can we tell Turkey or other countries' diplomats to help us preserve
our heritage?" asked subcommittee member, YSU professor, doctor of
historical sciences Ashot Manucharyan.
In that sense, the members proposed to address the corresponding bodies
to provide financial and technical support to individual experts who
will be ready to go and conduct studies in Turkey.
From: A. Papazian