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THE RA GOVERNMENT SHOULD SUBSIDIZE STUDENTS' TUITIONS
By MassisPost
Updated: November 20, 2013
Armenian University students participated in the survey conducted
by the S.D. Hunchakian "Sarkis Dkhrouni" Student and Youth Union
regarding the socio-economic situation of the students and the
increases in academic fees. The survey was carried out at the
Yerevan State University, Architectural State University, Yerevan
State University of Economics and Komitas State Conservatory at the
end of October and beginning of November 2013.
Out of the participants, 10 percent said they don't pay tuition,
90 percent said they pay for education, and 2-3 percent said they
have discounted tuition fees.
Eighty percent of the students not paying tuition mentioned that they
won't continue their studies, if they have to pay. The average budget
of the families of the students who participated in the survey was
less than 80,000 drams. Moreover, the expenses for education made up
50-60,000 drams a month. Only 0.1 percent of the students surveyed
stated that they consider their families part of the upper economic
class, the rest considered their families to be in the medium to
lower income class of society.
Only 30 percent of the participants said they manage to pay their
tuition during the semester and throughout the year with their
salaries. Seventy percent of the participants said they would ask
for loans from their relatives abroad and would rarely apply for loans.
"How can these families' children receive an education, when fee
increases are taking place without taking into account the spending
ability of these families? They promised us that fee increases account
for an increase in instructor's salaries and improve the overall
education system, but neither was done. This is yet another reason for
emigration," stated "Sarkis Dkhrouni" Student and Youth Union Chairman,
Varazdat Yeghiazaryan at a press conference detailing the statistics.
When asked what steps should be taken to solve the fee increase
problem? Yeghiazaryan stated, "Either the fees should not be increased,
or at the very least the RA Government should subsidize students'
tuitions." Yeghiazaryan disclosed that the Union suggests lowering the
tuition by 50 percent for students in the provinces, children with a
single parent and the students from socially disadvantaged families,
regardless of whether they have passed their exams or not.
"Lecturers and students might like or dislike each other, and this can
have an impact on the student's grade. That's why there is no need
to take the fact that the student has passed or failed an exam into
account. We'll lead the struggle and let you know how we're going to
do it. This press conference is just the first step in our struggle,"
Yeghiazaryan said.
http://massispost.com/archives/10094
By MassisPost
Updated: November 20, 2013
Armenian University students participated in the survey conducted
by the S.D. Hunchakian "Sarkis Dkhrouni" Student and Youth Union
regarding the socio-economic situation of the students and the
increases in academic fees. The survey was carried out at the
Yerevan State University, Architectural State University, Yerevan
State University of Economics and Komitas State Conservatory at the
end of October and beginning of November 2013.
Out of the participants, 10 percent said they don't pay tuition,
90 percent said they pay for education, and 2-3 percent said they
have discounted tuition fees.
Eighty percent of the students not paying tuition mentioned that they
won't continue their studies, if they have to pay. The average budget
of the families of the students who participated in the survey was
less than 80,000 drams. Moreover, the expenses for education made up
50-60,000 drams a month. Only 0.1 percent of the students surveyed
stated that they consider their families part of the upper economic
class, the rest considered their families to be in the medium to
lower income class of society.
Only 30 percent of the participants said they manage to pay their
tuition during the semester and throughout the year with their
salaries. Seventy percent of the participants said they would ask
for loans from their relatives abroad and would rarely apply for loans.
"How can these families' children receive an education, when fee
increases are taking place without taking into account the spending
ability of these families? They promised us that fee increases account
for an increase in instructor's salaries and improve the overall
education system, but neither was done. This is yet another reason for
emigration," stated "Sarkis Dkhrouni" Student and Youth Union Chairman,
Varazdat Yeghiazaryan at a press conference detailing the statistics.
When asked what steps should be taken to solve the fee increase
problem? Yeghiazaryan stated, "Either the fees should not be increased,
or at the very least the RA Government should subsidize students'
tuitions." Yeghiazaryan disclosed that the Union suggests lowering the
tuition by 50 percent for students in the provinces, children with a
single parent and the students from socially disadvantaged families,
regardless of whether they have passed their exams or not.
"Lecturers and students might like or dislike each other, and this can
have an impact on the student's grade. That's why there is no need
to take the fact that the student has passed or failed an exam into
account. We'll lead the struggle and let you know how we're going to
do it. This press conference is just the first step in our struggle,"
Yeghiazaryan said.
http://massispost.com/archives/10094