STUDENTS’ LACK OF KNOWLEDGE HARMING EDUCATION

Panorama.am
19:40 19/09/2007

"Ninety percent of a student’s knowledge is gained in the classroom,
with the remaining 10% in private classes or tutoring," said education
specialist Seyran Balasanyan, in an interview with panorama.am.

In his words, students are especially weak in chemistry, physics,
and mathematics, whereas these are the subjects needed in the field
of engineering.

"The level of education is quite low, and is a troubling issue,"
he said. "This makes the work of the educator difficult. In other
words, we need to prepare students in the fields needed for university
studies, not in standard ones."

Another problem he sees is students’ weakness in Russian, the
result of which makes other subjects more difficult. "They can’t use
Russian-language sources, which are plentiful in our libraries. And
translating into Armenian would take much financing and preparation
of experts able to do this translating," stated Balasanyan.

We remind that education minister Levon Lazarian, just days ago, said,
when speaking about the level of education in Armenia, "Education here
has to reach European standards, and we have to become the regional
leader in education."