Activists continue efforts to prevent foreign language schools opening in ArmeniaJune 8, 2010 - 15:19 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - “We are against opening of foreign language schools” initiative group members are indignant over the latest statement by Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan, who labeled them as ‘an aggressive minority’. “I announce that we will be very active, intensifying efforts. We will do our utmost to prevent adoption of the bill in the National Assembly. If the bill is approved, we will struggle against opening of these school. If schools are opened, we will spare no effort to close them,” activist Armen Hovhannisyan said, adding that studying in a foreign language school will arouse a large number of problems in the future. Arkady Karapetyan, commander of Artsakh liberation army in 1991-1992, said for his part: “Language is an issue of security, it’s a tool commander uses when giving orders in the army. If half of the soldiers do not understand Armenian while the other half do not understand Russian and if the commander has to translate his orders during the war, the results will be deplorable.” As an alternative to foreign language schools, activists offer to introduce the international bachelor system, which meets international educational standards and at the same time doesn’t limit the students’ opportunity to study any language. 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 | 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. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |