Armenian and Bulgarian Education Ministries signed 2009-2012 Collaboration Plan

PanARMENIAN.Net - Today RA Minister of Education and Science Spartak Seyranyan and Bulgarian Deputy Minister of Education Kircho Atanasov signed "2009-2012 Scientific and Educational Collaboration Plan", RA Ministry of Education Press Service reported.



Upon signing the document, Spartak Seyranyan thanked Bulgarian Government and the whole Bulgarian nation for Armenian Genocide commemoration ceremony in Sofia.



Referring to agreement signed, RA Education Minister noted that all the clauses of the previous agreement had been fulfilled, thus allowing the parties to introduce new clauses to the document. "The Bulgarian Government pays great attention to education issues of Armenians residing in Bulgaria. Armenian is taught as a native language in many Bulgarian schools, and the RA Ministry of Education and Science has greatly assisted them in terms of elaborating their curricula and raising their teachers' qualification," the Bulgarian official said. Spartak Seyranyan also touched upon the activities of Armenian Studies Centre at the University of Sofia.



Kircho Atanasov stated in his turn that the agreement would provide new opportunities for both countries' students.



The parties also announced about 2009 International IT Olympiad due in Bulgaria, involving school-children from Armenia.