THERE WILL BE 4117 FREE AND 5658 PAID PLACES IN HIGHER SCHOOLS IN NEW
ACADEMIC YEAR

YEREVAN, APRIL 11, NOYAN TAPAN. During the April 7 sitting of RA
government the free (4117) and paid (5658) places of higher schools
were approved in accordance with educational institutions and
specialities of 2005-2006 academic year. It was fixed that in
2005-2006 admission to state higher schools will be carried out by a
bimodal system with application of the principle of supplying with
student manuals. Sergo Yeritsian, RA Minister of Education and
Science, was instructed to assign the additional places of admission
on paid basis (without a right of deferment from compulsory military
service) to educational institutions and specialities. According to
the Press Service of RA government, by the government decree in
2005-2006 10% of free places in state higher schools will be allocated
for citizens who demobilized from compulsory military service.