  Armen Ashotyan: Armenian applicants’ entrance to higher education institutions should proceed smoothly August 6, 2010 - 15:42 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Minister of Education and Science Armen Ashotyan said that it is necessary to take steps to secure smooth transfer from schools to higher education institutions. The Minister estimated positively the application of a new mechanism for organization of entrance exams – distribution of powers between the Ministry of Education and Science and RA Center of Evaluation and Testing (CET). “The distribution of powers of the Ministry and CET has contributed to improvement of exams level and has not paralyzed the Ministry’s activity,” Armen Ashotyan told journalists in Yerevan. The Minister reiterated that he numerously called on parents of applicants to remain calm, as the number of seats allocated to higher education institutions is higher as compared with 2009. “We tried to secure applicants’ right to higher education, appropriating the maximum number of seats this year. As a result of it, the number of allocated seats exceeded the number of applicants. We aimed to ease the tenseness around entrance exams and decrease corruption risks,” the Minister said. He noted that the number of those who entered higher education institutions in 2010 decreased by 2000 people as compared with last year, totaling around 11,500 applicants.   Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says.   Partner news |  Latest news Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty  Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza.Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations.U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |
