NUMBER OF ENTRANTS FOR SOME PROFESSIONS OF MIDDLE PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS NOT SURPASS 30-35% OF GIVEN PLACES

Noyan Tapan
Aug 16 2006

YEREVAN, AUGUST 16, NOYAN TAPAN. Entrance exams at 81 middle
professional and 287 vocational state educational institutions which
have started from July 20 will continue till late August. As Samvel
Pipoyan, the Chief of the Middle Professional and Vocational Education
Department of the RA Ministry of Education and Science informed
the Noyan Tapan correspondent, 2018 places for free education and
7000 places for paid education were given to the sphere of middle
professional education this year, and 2065 places for free education
were given to vocational education department. S.Pipoyan mentioned
that the number of entrants to some professions does not surpass
till now 30-35% of the envisaged total number. It was mentioned
that even free places were left vacant at some departments of music
and art education institutions. The Department Chief mentioned that
entrants do not take entrance exams for places of paid education at
middle professional educational institutions, besides departments of
medical and art professions.