LET THEM TELL US…
Support A1+!Students, parents and teachers of the #9 school for the hearing impaired of Zeytun had gathered today in front of the Government building. They had been told that today the government session was going to discuss handing over their school territory to others.
“We’re here to defend the interests of our children,” said the gatherers.
The schoolchildren wish to join the #15 special school of Nork. Let us recall that instruction in this school is in Sign Language, while the students at the #9 school learn through other methods.
“We want to stay where we are. They’re remodeling so many schools; it wouldn’t hurt to remodel ours too. The corresponding bodies tell us two schools can’t join together, but according to the students, the schools are different because the students’ hearing is at different levels.
Head of the public education department of the Ministry of Science and Education Narine Hovhannisian guaranteed that the students and staff of the school would stay where they were regardless of what the government will discuss or approve and, according to her, the issue mainly concerns documentation.
On the other side of the government building, there was a gathering of people whose property rights had been violated. They were demanding a meeting with Armenian Premier Tigran Sargsian and, as they said, they are resolute and are going to fight until the end because this winter will mark the fifth winter without a place to call home.
“We don’t have a president, government. Let them tell us that they are not going to solve that issue and we will know what to do next,” said president of the “Property Rights Defense” NGO Vachagan Hakobian.
