Min. of Education and Science Annoyed at “Dissidents” in the System

Panorama.am

14:10 14/04/06

MINISTER OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE ANNOYED AT `DISSIDENTS’ IN THE
SYSTEM

This year the school leaving ceremonies are going to be held on June
10. `This year we are also going to have modest ceremonies expressing
the past 10 years at school. The Ministry doesn’t prohibit anything to
anyone, and I ask the managers and teachers at your schools not to
seek for any other explanations,’ Minister of Education and Science
Sergo Yeritsyan said during the meeting with the head of Board of
regional education today.

The Minister was a bit annoyed at the fact that school principals and
workers of the Board often discuss questions that have long ago been
discussed and passed by Government resolution. `If one is against
something how is he going to hold a reform? It’s quite another thing
if they say, for example, that they have difficulties concerning this
or that question,’ the Minister said.

However, the finals will end on June 28 and either June 30 or 31 will
be the days of handing over the school-leaving certificates.

Concerning finals and entrance exams the Minister mentioned that no
meaningful changes are going to be made. That is to say, unlike last
year, neither new points will be added nor excluded form the book of
questionnaires for entrance exams.

To note, the Minister mainly touched upon such technical questions
omitting the fundamental question concerning progress in studies. And
as a result we have what we have. /Panorama.am/