SCHOOL BOOK FEE AT 300-400 DRAM
Panorama.am
21:04 31/08/2007
"This school year, as well as 2007-2008, first-graders will receive
their books without charge," stated Narine Hovhannisyan, head of
the Education Minstry’s middle education department, today at a
press conference.
We point out that foreign language and music books will not be
free. For the other grades, a price of 300-400 dram per book, for
the school year, has been set. Hovhannisyan stressed that the "rent"
for each book will be determined by its condition, as each book is
used for four years, and "we need to recover the cost of the book."
"Each and every principal has signed a contract with the World Bank,
with a certain amount to be transferred to the school’s budget,
foreseen for the purchase of new books," she said in reference to
what the WB money would be used for.