DIGNIFIED SALARY FOR PROFESSORS

Lragir, Armenia
10-09-2007 14:50:22

The monthly wage of professors at Yerevan State University has gone up
by 12 percent from September 1, stated the rector of YSU Aram Simonyan
in a seminar on September 8. "Last year the salary of professors went
up by 20-40 percent but it is still low. We want to raise the salary
of professors for them to live a dignified life," Aram Simonyan stated.

He said now the monthly wage of a professor at YSU is 120 thousand
drams, that of an associate professor is 93 thousand drams. "This is
little, and our goal is to raise the monthly wage up to 250 thousand
drams," said the rector of YSU whose salary is hardly 180 thousand
drams, the lowest among the rectors of the Armenian universities.