Aravot Daily attempted to clarify from the newly-appointed Minister of Education, Science, Culture, and Sport, Vardan Dumanyan, whether or not news spreading in the media is true that he demanded the resignation of Nikol Pashinyan and the government three days before his appointment. According to news.am, he was the author of the YSU Board of …
Education
The Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media, meeting by videoconference, expressed its concern about academic freedom and institutional autonomy of higher education institutions, considering that they were under threat, ranging from the criminalisation of researchers, scholars and students to the commodification of higher education – which undermines the idea that higher education is a …
Public Radio of Armenia. The Armenian Communities Department of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation has announced that the Armenian spellchecker for iOS has been released and is available free of charge from the App Store. Within a few months, the Android version will also be made available. “In our continuous efforts to revitalize and strengthen the Armenian …
Six schools in the Shirak region do not have any first-grade students this year. The schools are in the Haykasar, Salut, Kakavasar, Shaghik, Zarishat, Lernut, and Nor Akhuryan villages. The head of the Education, Culture, and Sport Department of the Shirak regional administration, Hrayr Karapetyan, spoke about this with Aravot Daily. When asked what the …
President Armen Sarkissian met with the leadership of the renowned French Dassault Systèmes Company. President Sarkissian discussed with the Executive Vice President Florence Verzelen, Vice President Jacques Beltran, Senior Director Xavier Fouger, and Head of Department International Cooperation and Cooperation with Armenia Marion Milosevic issues related to the implementation of special educational programs designed by …
Aravot Daily asked the Armenian State University of Economics whether or not there were any confirmed coronavirus cases among the university’s professors. Despite the fact that the Academic Council determined that all undergraduate and graduate courses must be held online, our sources said that professors still visit the university. The ASUE media confirmed that a …
The Armenian Weekly. Hundreds of protesters led by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation’s (ARF) youth wing—the Armenian Youth Federation (AYF)—took to the streets of Yerevan on Wednesday evening to demand the resignation of Armenia’s Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports, Arayik Harutyunyan. The group disagrees with the Ministry’s implementation of an educational reform package which they …
“Regarding the masks, I have said that we are following the guidelines that were formerly outlined by the state of emergency command, and now that are outlined by the Ministry of Health,” the Minister of Education, Science, Culture, and Sport, Arayik Harutyunyan, said during a press conference in response to a question about whether or …
During a session of parliament, Prosperous Armenia deputy Naira Zohrabyan presented photos that were circulating on social media. One of these photos portrayed students with their hands raised so they could have their temperatures checked. In the other photo, children were maintaining social distancing while holding onto a rope. “There have and always will be …
There have been publications circulating in the media that rubbing alcohol, which has been the cause of dozens of deaths, has also been used in the local market for producing hand sanitizer. Aravot Daily asked the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture, and Sport if there is any guarantee that hand sanitizer containing ethanol will not …
