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STUDENTS GRILL LORI REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR RE: TAILINGS DAM AND ANNUAL MEDICAL EXAMS
Larisa Paremuzyan
hetq
17:34, September 27, 2012
In an Armenian version of a town hall meeting, Lori Regional
Administrator Artour Nalbandyan met with 32 local residents yesterday,
most of whom presented requests and petitions dealing with employment,
health and other social matters.
This reporter was present at the meeting and what I found particularly
strange was that adults looking for jobs were represented either by
their parents or wives.
Samvel Moukouchyan, an Alaverdi resident, requested that the Regional
Administrator find work for his daughter who graduated seven years
ago from the Vanadzor Teachers Institute.
Nalbandyan suggested that the family keep tabs on the local Lori
Province paper for appropraite job vacancies for teachers.
Irina Kirakosyan, another local resident, asked for a job for her
married daughter who also graduated from the Vanadzor Teachers
Institute; in this case as a psychologist
Nalbandyan replied that while there was a need for psychologists in
the schhol system, many schools were in no position to hire them..
He noted that school enrollment had dropped by 1,300 as compar5ed to
last year and commented that the regional government would be hard
pressed to provide work to the 500 students who graduate annually
from the Institute.
Students from ten communities participating in the World Vision
"Alaverdi Regional Development Project" also raised issues dealing
with annual medical exams for students and that more attention should
be paid by the government regarding the Akhtala mine's tailing dam.
Nalbandyan responded that he was aware of the environmental problems
surrounding the tailings dam and promised to organize an in-depth
discussion of the matter withy the participation of the mine's
management and the students.
Larisa Paremuzyan
hetq
17:34, September 27, 2012
In an Armenian version of a town hall meeting, Lori Regional
Administrator Artour Nalbandyan met with 32 local residents yesterday,
most of whom presented requests and petitions dealing with employment,
health and other social matters.
This reporter was present at the meeting and what I found particularly
strange was that adults looking for jobs were represented either by
their parents or wives.
Samvel Moukouchyan, an Alaverdi resident, requested that the Regional
Administrator find work for his daughter who graduated seven years
ago from the Vanadzor Teachers Institute.
Nalbandyan suggested that the family keep tabs on the local Lori
Province paper for appropraite job vacancies for teachers.
Irina Kirakosyan, another local resident, asked for a job for her
married daughter who also graduated from the Vanadzor Teachers
Institute; in this case as a psychologist
Nalbandyan replied that while there was a need for psychologists in
the schhol system, many schools were in no position to hire them..
He noted that school enrollment had dropped by 1,300 as compar5ed to
last year and commented that the regional government would be hard
pressed to provide work to the 500 students who graduate annually
from the Institute.
Students from ten communities participating in the World Vision
"Alaverdi Regional Development Project" also raised issues dealing
with annual medical exams for students and that more attention should
be paid by the government regarding the Akhtala mine's tailing dam.
Nalbandyan responded that he was aware of the environmental problems
surrounding the tailings dam and promised to organize an in-depth
discussion of the matter withy the participation of the mine's
management and the students.