SHORTAGE OF SPECIALISTS IN ARMENIA

Lragir.am
21 June 06

On June 21 at the National Press Club Manvel Badalyan, chair of the
Council of Civil Service, questioned the statements that there are a
great number of specialists in Armenia. He announced that 431 contests
held by the Council of Civil Service did not have a winner.

Hence, Manvel Badalyan asks where the specialists "the excess of which
is so often considered" are. Manvel Badalyan answers his question:
"They are in the private sector where they are paid better." The chair
of the Council of Civil Service explains the complaints that people
who are not aware of the sphere win contests for civil service posts
are explained by the lack of specialists.

According to Manvel Badalyan, if the examinations were unfair, and
higher marks were mediated, 431 contests would not remain without
winners. "One of these people would have found a mutual friend or
acquaintance," says Manvel Badalyan. However, despite the lack of
qualified specialists, the number of participants of contests for
vacant posts of civil servants grows, the age becomes younger.