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CONFLICT AT STATE ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY OF ARMENIA
21:19 08.10.13
Rector of the State Engineering University of Armenia (SEUA) Ara
Avetisyan will meet with lecturers, who are collecting signatures
against the rector.
Answers to all the questions will be given, SEUA Spokeswoman Veronika
Khorasanyan told Tert.am. It will be an open meeting, she added.
"The lecturers' meeting with the university administration will
take place on October 10. Journalists will be invited as well,"
Khorasanyan said.
SEUA Rector Ara Avetisyan signed an order dismissing 34 lecturers.
However, in yesterday's interview with a TV channel he claimed that
only four lecturers had been dismissed.
The Hetq.am news website has received the SEUA rector's order by
e-mail, which lists 34 names dismissed on the basis of Article 111
of Armenia's Labor Code.
Dean of the SEUA Physics Department, Professor Ashot Khachatryan told
Tert.am that many more lecturers have actually been dismissed. "The
rector claims he has dismissed four lecturers, but he has signed
thirty-four orders," Khachatryan said.
"Rector Ara Avetisyan decided to re-invent the wheel. He dismissed
lecturers under the pretext of innovations, increasing the volume of
work and reducing salaries," Khachaturyan said. Although hourly pay
is in effect at SEUA, large groups of students are involved in the
education process.
The SEUA administration is now making futile attempts to remedy the
situation, and the teaching staff is sustaining financial losses.
Tuition fees have been raised this academic year, and large student
groups have been formed. On the other hand, not only lecturers, but
also laboratorians have been dismissed. "Under the circumstances, our
salaries should not have been reduced. The worst thing is the claims
that this process is part of education reforms. He is surprised at
our discontent," Prof. Khachaturyan said.
Each lecturer's monthly salary has been reduced by AMD 30,000 to 40,000
(about $80-$100).
SEUA Vice-Chancellor Areg Grigoryan told Tert.am that the lecturers
have not been dismissed. In fact, their contracts have expired.
Armenian News - Tert.am
21:19 08.10.13
Rector of the State Engineering University of Armenia (SEUA) Ara
Avetisyan will meet with lecturers, who are collecting signatures
against the rector.
Answers to all the questions will be given, SEUA Spokeswoman Veronika
Khorasanyan told Tert.am. It will be an open meeting, she added.
"The lecturers' meeting with the university administration will
take place on October 10. Journalists will be invited as well,"
Khorasanyan said.
SEUA Rector Ara Avetisyan signed an order dismissing 34 lecturers.
However, in yesterday's interview with a TV channel he claimed that
only four lecturers had been dismissed.
The Hetq.am news website has received the SEUA rector's order by
e-mail, which lists 34 names dismissed on the basis of Article 111
of Armenia's Labor Code.
Dean of the SEUA Physics Department, Professor Ashot Khachatryan told
Tert.am that many more lecturers have actually been dismissed. "The
rector claims he has dismissed four lecturers, but he has signed
thirty-four orders," Khachatryan said.
"Rector Ara Avetisyan decided to re-invent the wheel. He dismissed
lecturers under the pretext of innovations, increasing the volume of
work and reducing salaries," Khachaturyan said. Although hourly pay
is in effect at SEUA, large groups of students are involved in the
education process.
The SEUA administration is now making futile attempts to remedy the
situation, and the teaching staff is sustaining financial losses.
Tuition fees have been raised this academic year, and large student
groups have been formed. On the other hand, not only lecturers, but
also laboratorians have been dismissed. "Under the circumstances, our
salaries should not have been reduced. The worst thing is the claims
that this process is part of education reforms. He is surprised at
our discontent," Prof. Khachaturyan said.
Each lecturer's monthly salary has been reduced by AMD 30,000 to 40,000
(about $80-$100).
SEUA Vice-Chancellor Areg Grigoryan told Tert.am that the lecturers
have not been dismissed. In fact, their contracts have expired.
Armenian News - Tert.am