Ashotyan calls for anti-corruption program at universitiesApril 6, 2011 - 14:37 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Ministry of Education and Science adopted last year a 2-year concept to combat corruption, envisaging 16 events to reduce corruption risks. “Corruption in the education sector is conditioned by a number of factors, including insufficient financing, system of military service deferment, low quality of education and the legal field. Thus, a separate anti-corruption program should be developed for each university,” Minister Armen Ashotyan told a press conference on April 6. For her part, USAID Armenia Mission Director, Dr. Jatinder Cheema noted that the USAID will facilitate reduction of corruption risks not only in education but also in other fields. Head of the OSCE Office in Yerevan Sergey Kapinos, in turn, remarked that both government and young people should be engaged in the anti-corruption projects to achieve progress. 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 | 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. |