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 David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. 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. Partner news | Azerbaijan extends Rune Vardanyan’s arrest by 5 months A court in Azerbaijan has extended the arrest of former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan by five months. “Great success”: Pashinyan pleased with new border protocol Pashinyan has described the signing by Armenia and Azerbaijan of a protocol on delimitation in Tavush as “a great success”. Armenia, Azerbaijan sign protocol on demarcation coordinates Armenia’s government took on May 15 another step towards handing over four border areas to Azerbaijan. U.S. warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west Georgia has been warned by the U.S. not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow. |