HOT LINE TO FIGHT CORRUPTION IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS

Panorama.am
13:41 04/07/06

The newly appointed deputy minister of education and science Bagrat
YESAYAN has already noticed the risks of corruption and shadow events
at the secondary schools. He promised at a press conference today that
they will be eliminated. Yesayan unveiled the results of his studies
on application letters saying that most concern unfair attitude. The
ministry has opened a hot line 52-73-43 to receive complaints from
citizens.

Yesayan said that heads of schools are in an advantaged position to
decide who to hire and fire.

Most often, people hired are the director’s relatives, he said,
also saying that similar attitude exists in appointing heads of
schools but this time by local self-government authorities. Yesayan
promised to shift to competition system in 1-2 years to solve the
problem.