Georgian Ministry of Education faces problems with quality of textbooksOctober 16, 2010 - 15:46 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Georgian Minister of Education and Science Dmitry Shashkin said that the Ministry faces problems with textbooks. Replying to a question on low quality of Armenian language textbooks in Georgia, Minister Shashkin said in Yerevan that the country decided 5 years ago to provide publishing houses with freedom, thus, the country's government does not control textbooks quality. "Unfortunately, the quality of many books is too low, due to which the Georgian government decided to interfere in this process from November 1. We agreed with my Armenian counterpart that from now on ready textbooks will be sent to Armenia for examination, after which they will be published," the Georgian Minister said. As for the lack of Armenian History subject in educational program of the Armenian schools in Georgia, the Minister said that Armenia's history is studied as part of the world history. Armenian Minister of Education and Science Armen Ashotyan said for his part that majority of Javakheti Armenians prefer their children to study in Russian language schools. "There are three Armenian schools and one Russian school in Akhaltsikhe, with 900 students studying in the 3 Armenian schools and 800 students - in the Russian school," Ashotyan said, adding that this phenomenon is related to Javakheti Armenians' aspiration to emigrate to Russia in future. 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 | 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. |