 CoE Education Ministers’ conference approves Armenia’s offers April 29, 2013 - 14:49 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Helsinki hosted the 24th standing conference of Ministers of Education of the Council of Europe member countries, with Armenia’s delegation led by acting Minister of Education and Science Armen Ashotyan participating. The educational priorities of the Council of Europe were on the agenda, with Mr. Ashotyan delivering a speech about the quality of education, corruption risks, education management and inclusion of Armenia’s offers in the final document of the conference. Armenia’s offers regarding the conduction of studies by CoE educational institutions and the education-related problems of Europe-based people were unanimously approved during the ministers’ standing conference. Armenian acting minister noted that the final document expressed the CoE member-countries’ political will on boosting the level of education and provision of equal opportunities. Meetings with Ministers of Education of Andorra, Finland and Germany were also on Mr. Ashotyan’s agenda.   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 Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia  The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia.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. |
