Armenian schoolchildren are taught chivalryAugust 25, 2009 - 23:27 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Four years ago "Hay Aspet" (The Armenian Knight) child and youth organization was established in Armenia to foster the Armenian spirit and patriotism in school children."First, we selected 36 children, as the number of letters in the Armenian alphabet, but over the past four years, throughout the territory of Armenia, Artsakh and Javakhk the number of Armenian Knights has grown to almost fifteen hundred, 900 out of which have already participated in the Hay Aspet television program," Karine Tonoyan , founder of the Hay Aspet movement and the anchorwoman of the Hay Aspet game told press conference today. This year, the winner of the Hay Aspet television game became the team of secondary school № 2 from Jermuk, the school team will visit the cities of Western Armenia. "We are trying to select energetic children, often considered to be unmanageable. Their energy should be directed into the right channel," Karine Tonoyan said. According to her, in addition to military training, students attend classes in mythology, history of Armenia, Armenian songs and dances, geography of Armenia. The organization accepts children from seven years. Hay Aspet organize hikes and camps in various regions of Armenia. Hay Aspet has been supported by charitable organizations, the government of Armenia, as well as the ArmenTel (Beeline trade mark) telecommunication company. 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 clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine 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. |