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    Teachers in Armenia's secondary schools forced to accept tour
    operators' packages

    11:56 * 22.07.14


    In the frameworks of a social package that offers summer rest services
    to teachers of secondary schools, several principals force their
    staffs to collaborate with specified tour operators.


    Tert.am has received complaints in this connection from different
    school teachers who preferred to remain unidentified to avoid possible
    conflicts with their leadership.


    Companies very often turned out unable to offer services for a
    specified period, notwithstanding the fact that teachers had already
    transferred the required sum to the corresponding bank accounts (based
    on an agreement between the teacher and the bank).


    Tert.am contacted the Ministry of Education and Science for further
    clarification. Gevorg Yeghinyan, Head of the Financial-Economic and
    Auditing Department, denied any connections with the project, noting
    that all financial issues are resolved only through banks. "We do not,
    in any way, interfere in those affairs," he said.

    The government body responsible for coordinating the social package
    service in Armenia and the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic is the Ministry
    of Economy. Speaking to our correspondent, the head of the agency's
    Tourism Department, Mekhak Apresyan, said they have a list of
    registered tour operators which the beneficiaries can select,

    "The procedures of ensuring rest and registering tour operators are
    established by a ministerial decree which lays out the criteria," he
    explained.

    Asked whether there is a procedure or condition obliging a school to
    collaborate with a specific company, Apresyan gave a negative answer.
    "Everybody has the right to independently select any of the companies
    published on our website. They can be redirected to those companies'
    sites to explore [the opportunities] and make their choice based on
    the offers," he said, noting that the offers never restrict
    beneficiaries' rights but oblige operators to clearly mention the
    price when preparing the package (including the hotel service costs
    whuch should not exceed the retail prices declared).


    Apresyan further warned against any forced collaboration with a
    tourist company. "It isn't allowed to force anything; they may just
    give advice. Neither is it bad for companies to conduct marketing to
    introduce their services. We can definitely say that no one has any
    right to force a beneficiary to select this or that operator," he
    added.

    Apresyan called upon beneficiaries to be better aware of their rights
    to properly benefit from the opportunities offered. He further
    promised liability measures against any side that would violate the
    procedures.

    http://www.tert.am/en/news/2014/07/22/principals-break-law/

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