Places with right to deferment from army will be provided in universities of Armenia

ArmInfo. On July 7, the Armenian Government approved amendments to the draft law “On making additions to the law on military service and the status of servicemen”, which  imply the possibility of deferment from service for university  students in priority specialties.

The adoption of the bill is conditioned by the need to establish the possibility of granting  deferment from mandatory military conscription to citizens majoring  in priority or important specializations for the country. In  particular, the draft stipulates that the circumstance of studying in  relevant universities majoring in priority and important  specializations for the state will be considered target study from  the point of view of deferment, and the Government will define the  universities and the order and conditions of studying in relevant  majors.

As RA Minister of Education, Science, Cultures and Sports Vahram  Dumanyan explained, the list of universities and specialties will be  agreed with the Ministry of Defense and approved by the government.   For citizens who received a deferment, the maximum draft age will  increase from 27 to 28 years, so that students do not have to take  exams and defend diplomas in an accelerated mode, he explained.

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, in turn, added that the government  will be able to put forward certain conditions for applicants  applying for these places. This will solve the problem of shortage of  young teachers, teachers in rural schools. “But everyone who applies  for these places will have to understand that he has obligations to  the state for the next 7.8, 10 years, and we must have mechanisms to  monitor the fulfillment of these obligations,” he said.