CONCEPTION OF REFORMS OF EDUCATIONAL SPHERE ENVISAGES TO ALLOCATE MONEY AT SIZE OF 1 PER CENT GDP TO SPHERE FROM 2010 STATE BUDGET
Noyan Tapan
Jan 08 2007
YEREVAN, JANUARY 8, NOYAN TAPAN. The main goal of reforms of the
sphere of education is creation of an economy based on knowledge. Ara
Avetisian, the RA Deputy Minister of Education and Science mentioned
about it in the interview to the Noyan Tapan correspondent, reminding
that the conception of the sphere of education was presented to the
RA Government in late December 2006. In his words, the three working
groups of the interdepartment comission created still in June of
2006 by the RA President’s decree worked out conception principles
of reforms of the sphere which were presented to public discussions
at different institutions and universities from November 15 till
December 15.
A.Avetisian expressed a confidence that the role of the state
in the sphere must be decisive and control the amendments to be
implemented. And the nine main principles presented in the conception
suppose coordinated constructive activity of state bodies, all circles
of the power and society.
Ara Avetisian mentioned that adding of volumes of financing of the
sphere, increase of its efficiency is the most important problem. It’s
envisaged to essentially add means directed to the scientific sphere
from the state budget, allocating up to 1 per cent GDP in 2010,
and 2 per cent in 2015. The Deputy Minister emphasized that it is
necessary to free scietific organizations from profit tax envisaged
for introduction of equipment, scientific results.
According to the principle concerning the National Academy of Sciences,
the academy with its construction units as a complete system will
implement organization of the scientific research, getting and
introduction of scientific result. The academy must be re-organized
by the order adopted by the state fund and fucntion by the order
adopted by the RA Government. At the same time, implementation of
all-embracing, periodical estimations and some experimental functions
concerning development of science is kept for the academy.
Ara Avetisian also attached importance to productiveness and export of
scientific result to the inner and foreign market. According to the
conception, venture investments in the scientific-technical sphere
will be encouraged.
Besides, it is supposed that an innovation organization will be
re-formed from a part of the scientific research institutions.
In words of the Deputy Minister of Education and Science, it is
necessary to regulate all the principles being discussed in the
legislative, legal field, and the pivotal issue of reforms must be
creation of enough conditions for a scientist.