Will Serzh Sargsyan and Galust Sahakyan be kept away from education system?
Representatives of the education system, including school principals and teachers, were involved in electoral fraud during the constitutional referendum in Armenia. Will the newly appointed Minister of Education and Science, Levon Mkrtchyan, punish these people? "Some of them had to pay fines in compliance with court rulings, but they must also receive stern reprimands. If you can help me to find these people, I shall be grateful to you,” the minister said today addressing his words to media. However, Mr Mkrtchyan thinks we cannot keep schools away from electoral processes. “We have a problem of human resources, especially in the regions, unfortunately, the potential is not so great in our country,” he said. Still in February, Mr Mkrtchyan announced that the education system should be depoliticized, stressing that the boards of two universities – Yerevan State University and Armenian State Pedagogical University after Khachatur Abovyan - are headed by Serzh Sargsyan and Parliament Speaker Galust Sahakyan respectively. The Dashnak minister refrained from answering the question whether he would try to keep these people away from the aforesaid universities. “It is common in foreign countries to see officials in the governing bodies of universities. This is the case in Great Britain. This is also one of the major demands of our international partners, they call for a radical changes in radically change the autonomy and governance system of the University,” he said. The minister also dismissed reports about his business activities, particularly his connection with Inter Lotto Company. “Many people know that my brother is a businessman and I have nothing to do with his business," he said.
