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    news.am, Armenia
    Oct 30 2010


    No sense in foreign-language schools in Armenia


    October 30, 2010 | 19:15

    A child graduating from a foreign-language school will not have gaps
    in his knowledge of native language, Rafael Hayrapetyan, Dean of the
    Journalism Department, Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University of
    Armenia, told NEWS.am. Armenian students will become increasingly
    estranged from the Armenian language due to foreign-language education
    system.

    `Armenia has only one official language, Armenian, and primary
    education must be in Armenian,' Hayrapetyan said. He considers the
    opening of specialized schools acceptable. `We have an excellent
    school of mathematics at Yerevan State University, and children won
    prizes at international mathematics and information science
    competitions. Why not show a similar approach to foreign-language
    schools?' he asked. He pointed out that a deeper study of special
    subjects is more beneficial to children than changing the language of
    education.

    Commenting of the tuition fees at the foreign-language schools, he
    said: `If the annual tuition fee is about U.S. $20,000, the majority
    of Armenia's population cannot afford it. Those having enough money
    and wishing foreign-language education for their children can send
    them abroad,' Hayrapetyan said. He added that students must learn
    their native language even of they pay much less for education.

    `I do not see any sense,' Hayapetyan said.




    From: A. Papazian
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