ARMENIAN PRIME MINISTER PRESENTS RE-APPOINTED LEVON MKRTCHIAN TO THE STAFF OF THE EDUCATION AND SCIENCE MINISTRY
ARMENPRESS
April 18, 2008
YEREVAN, APRIL 18, ARMENPRESS: Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsian
presented today the re-appointed Education and Science Minister Levon
Mkrtchian to the staff of the ministry. Congratulating the minister,
T. Sargsian said that the appointment is very obliging and noted that
L. Mkrtchian will continue with pride his devoted activity together
with the staff of the ministry.
Referring to the main issues of the sphere, Tigran Sargsian said
that the realization that without serious reforms in the educational
sphere all the developments of the countries will collapse must
dominate. Without development of the educational sphere it is
impossible to reach modernization in different spheres. He said that
both all the problems of the country and successes are stemming from
the educational sphere. He called on the staff of the ministry to be
ready for serious reforms. Tigran Sargsian said that the new team of
the government will be a team of devotees and the Education Ministry
must also be a part for the solution of the existing issues.
The prime minister said that the creation of favorable education
environment must be milestone of the reforms. Education must be
complete.
"Uneducated people are dangerous, with an uneducated person it is
impossible to build a healthy society. If uneducated people have
their place in the society it is the problem of educational system,"
the prime minister said.
According to him, such educational system must exist which will prepare
staff relevant to the labor market. He noted with regret that the
university graduates are not satisfying demands in case when there
is a great demand of good specialists and the business world cannot
find professional specialists.
The prime minister also noted that in the contemporary world it is
impossible to live without continuative education. "First of all
young people must understand it, they are condemned to study till
the end of their lives and the reforms must bring to it," the prime
minister noted.
"I and Mr. Mkrtchian have a dream to establish All-Armenian University
where the best professors will teach, not only of Armenian decent
but world leading professors, and the students will be connected with
the global developments," the prime minister noted, expressing hope
that as a result of joint work it will be possible to bring the dream
into life.
Minister Mkrtchian thanked for the trust and noted that the reforms of
the sphere are always in the limelight of the staff of the ministry. He
said he is very glad that there is an opportunity to have discussion
with the head of the executive power and find directions for the
solution of the issues.