FOREIGN STUDENTS OF ARMENIAN HIGHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS WILL STUDY IN ARMENIAN LANGUAGE

arminfo
2008-04-30 19:35:00

ArmInfo. Armenian Education Ministry changes its course of propaganda
of Armenian language. Minister of Education and Science of Armenia
Levon Lazarian told ArmInfo the Armenian language will be introduced
as teaching language at the higher educational establishments having
foreign students.

The minister explained this step by the desire of Armenia to bring
the knowledge of Armenian to the international level. , – Lazarian
said and added that special training to study Armenian language
will be organized for foreign students. At present more than 6.000
foreign students study at state universities of Armenia, 2700 of
which are foreigners, all the rest – representatives of the Armenian
Diaspora. Training for them is chiefly being held in English, French
or Russian languages.