The other day, Nikol Pashinyan was carrying out his pre-election campaign in Aragatsotn region, where several school principals, teachers participated in the pre-election campaign of the government team together with students. A day later, Nikol Pashinyan speaking about this topic in a briefing with journalists, had said that 4 school principals wrote applications for dismissal, but did not sign the applications, they will not be dismissed de jure.

Dean of the International Scientific and Educational Center of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, an expert in the field of education According to Atom Mkhitaryan, if he evaluates this phenomenon in one sentence, he should say: “education is fashionable”, that is, fashionable education implies using administrative resources to bring all teachers and through them students to the campaign of the ruling party.

“This was half-joking and half-serious, and if more serious, such phenomena undermine our education system, the right of our children to be educated. I am sure that the teachers and principals did not do all this voluntarily, they were prompted, directed and if I do not say, they pressured them to do all this. I don’t think that our people are so enthusiastic that they should stop the school process in order to go to the pre-election campaign of some political sect.” 168.amAtom Mkhitaryan said in a conversation with

According to the expert, those responsible for all this should be punished and it should be a lesson for everyone, that regardless of the political power, such phenomena should not occur in the educational system.

“The Minister of Education and Culture should use the opportunity and warn everyone that the consequences will be inevitable if such cases are repeated, the head of the country should have instructed them to be punished if he is impartial and education is really “fashionable” for him. The law enforcement officers should have immediately taken action after all this, they should have understood how the school process was interrupted and the teachers and students were involved in the campaign, it was made public and had legal and political consequences. “Unfortunately, we have not seen anything like this until now,” Atom Mkhitaryan emphasized.

It should be noted that the Ministry of Education and Culture issued a statement regarding the incident, specifically stating that an investigation will be conducted into the registered cases of participation of schools in the campaign in Aragatsotn marz.

“A number of teachers and students of educational institutions of Aragats and Kuchak villages took part in a political campaign during working hours. The Ministry will initiate a separate investigation to find out the details of the case and apply the consequences prescribed by law in cooperation with the relevant authorized body.

All alarms are also sent by the ministry to law enforcement agencies in order to investigate.

The Ministry emphasizes the depoliticized activities of educational institutions and reaffirms that educational institutions must operate free from political processes, provide an impartial and neutral environment for education, and similar cases are under strict control, and any similar manifestation will be subject to appropriate response and legal consequences,” the Ministry of Education and Culture said. in the announcement.

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