Special agency set up to help Syrian-Armenian studens
Syrian-Armenian students face problems connected with housing and tuition payments. About 250 out of the 4000 students from the Diaspora are from Syria.
A special agency has been set up under the Diaspora Student Council which is tasked with coping with problems of Syrian-Armenian students.
"Hayastan" All-Armenian Fund has allocated AMD 40 million for their tuition reimbursement. "200 students are now receiving full or partial tuition reimbursement from the Hayastan All Armenian Fund," says Samvel Mkoyan, President of the Diaspora Student Council.
Also, surveys were conducted in seven universities which revealed that 60% of the Syrian-Armenian students had arrived in Armenia in 2013 in the result of the ongoing armed conflict in Syria.
"We try to help them as much as we can, otherwise we direct them to relevant bodies. For example, the Council is organizing language courses for those Syrian-Armenian students who encounter language problems," said Araks Mahtesyan, a representative of the Syrian-Armenian Students' Committee.
She did not rule out a new flow of Syrian-Armenian students after the opening of Aleppo airport.
