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PAYING MONEY NOT TO LEARN

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“We’re not teaching our children to learn. The main function of kindergarten must be to teach how to learn. Parents must start preparing their children for school at home,” said today Minister of Education and Science Spartak Seyranyan during a year-in-review press conference.

In regard to the credit system in the universities, Seyranyan noted that many students don’t know what that means and the worst, according to him, is that many students don’t even want to know what it is. “Today, students pay money not to learn. In general, college students are the most passive. They are indifferent to the solution to their issues,” says the minister.

Seyranyan also said that by the end of the year, the ministry will have checked all universities for completion of licensing. “After that, I won’t be surprised to see some universities returning their licenses,” underlined Seyranyan. Becoming a full member of the European Quality Register, the Ministry of Education and Science of Armenia is going to pay special attention to the quality of professional teaching at the universities. Any university that fails to meet the standards set by the register will be disqualified and that refers to both state and private universities.

In 2009, one of the main goals of the ministry will be the military-patriotic education of children.

In the fight against money collecting in schools, the ministry had a hotline this year and many cases were registered. But at the end of the year, the number of complains has reduced.

“I want to point out that the ministry’s police is not aimed at punishing or firing workers. We want to correct the errors and help schools,” said Spartak Seyranyan adding that in 2009, the ministry will continue to implement the programs that are already underway.