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Access to education expanded in Armenia in 2014 - minister
YEREVAN, December 20. /ARKA/. 2014 became a year of expanding access
to education in Armenia, minister of education and science Armen
Ashotyan said at a 2014 summarizing press conference on Saturday.
New educational initiatives were launched in the country during the
year, he said.
Five priority educational programs included a student support project
that provided social aid from the government to about 2,000 Armenian
students.
Under the second program, $3.2 million was provided to some ten
Armenian higher schools to introduce innovative and competitive
curricula.
The third program has been really a pioneering one and aimed at
introduction of a new general education curriculum, the minister said.
In May Armenia's parliament passed, in the first reading, the
amendments to the law about education that sets the 12-year education
as a requirement, as compared to the current 9-year compulsory
education.
The new law about general education has been another step toward full
transfer to inclusive education, according to the minister. Under the
law passed in September, all secondary schools and kindergartens in
the country will be providing inclusive education services.
And the last achievement was the nineteen medals won by Armenian
schoolchildren in international Olympiads, the minister said.
Ashotyan also said the introduction of "Chess" study groups in
secondary schools has been completed.
The number of inclusive schools in the country increased to 139 this
year, the minister said. -0--
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YEREVAN, December 20. /ARKA/. 2014 became a year of expanding access
to education in Armenia, minister of education and science Armen
Ashotyan said at a 2014 summarizing press conference on Saturday.
New educational initiatives were launched in the country during the
year, he said.
Five priority educational programs included a student support project
that provided social aid from the government to about 2,000 Armenian
students.
Under the second program, $3.2 million was provided to some ten
Armenian higher schools to introduce innovative and competitive
curricula.
The third program has been really a pioneering one and aimed at
introduction of a new general education curriculum, the minister said.
In May Armenia's parliament passed, in the first reading, the
amendments to the law about education that sets the 12-year education
as a requirement, as compared to the current 9-year compulsory
education.
The new law about general education has been another step toward full
transfer to inclusive education, according to the minister. Under the
law passed in September, all secondary schools and kindergartens in
the country will be providing inclusive education services.
And the last achievement was the nineteen medals won by Armenian
schoolchildren in international Olympiads, the minister said.
Ashotyan also said the introduction of "Chess" study groups in
secondary schools has been completed.
The number of inclusive schools in the country increased to 139 this
year, the minister said. -0--
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