DIASPORA TEACHER IS WORRIED – ARMENIANS LOSE THEIR FACE IN DIASPORA

Panorama.am
17:49 17/05/06

“The new generation of the Armenian nation is under the danger of
losing its identity. It’s strange they want to become American,
European…” Levon Ananyan, the Head of Writers’ Union told a
discussion on Diaspora, Schools and Identity.

The main speaker of the discussion was Karapet DAKESYAN, a 35 years old
teacher from Melkonyan School in Cyprus. The teacher raised concerns
on the Armenian people losing their identity abroad.

He expressed his concern that Armenian language is not preserved in
Diaspora. Some parents oppose teaching Armenian at schools saying
that they are forcing their children to study Armenian.

According to data presented by Dakesyan, 8000 Armenian students go
to school at Lebanon Armenian schools.

3000 of them go to foreign schools. “If a child wants to make a career
later, he must go to foreign school,” Dakesyan said. He called the
state to keep the issue in its attention.