THE SPHERE OF EDUCATION MUST BE TRANSPARENT

Lragir.am
13 June 06

After his appointment to the post of minister of education and science,
ARF member Levon Mkrtichyan did not wait until the traditional 100th
day and met journalists June 13 hardly a month past his appointment. It
was not the only novelty. The Ministry of Education and Culture is
going to be highly open and transparent for public, says the minister.

Therefore, it was decided that once in ten days the head of an agency
on education will meet journalists with a monthly report. Plus news
conferences on specific topics. According to Levon Mkrtichyan, the
most important thing is to present the activities of the ministry to
the society. “An official needs to know that every citizen can turn
to him and receive an answer. The more publicly we act, and the more
we discuss the problems, the more invincible we will be.”

Levon Mkrtichyan says he also is to blame for the drawbacks and
problems in the sphere because he was appointed minister of education
and culture twice. However, Levon Mkrtichyan declined to speak about
the degree of accountability of Sergo Yerkitsyan for today’s mistakes:
“It is not an ethical question.” But he promises to find the right
solutions by analyzing his mistakes and the mistakes of the former
ministers.