RA government discuss compulsory computer educationJuly 30, 2009 - 22:12 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Minister of education and science of Armenia Armen Ashotyan informed the RA government sitting, that under the law "On education" a procedure of full-time, distance education is developed. The draft will be ready in September, and after discussions with interested stakeholders it will be submitted to the Government of Armenia. A program for compulsory computer literacy in schools was submitted for the discussion. Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan instructed the Minister of Education and Science to develop a procedure to introduce compulsory classes of computer study. Top stories 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. Defense Minister Suren Papikyan has visited the southern Armenian province of Syunik, the Defense Ministry reported on March 18. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |