Artsakh State University will elect rector, for the time being the list
of specialties for government assistance was affirmed
07-05-2008 12:58:09 – KarabakhOpen
On May 6 the government affirmed the order to set up the board of
Artsakh State University which will deal with nominations for the post
of rector within 10 days. The term of office of the acting rector
Hamlet Grigoryan ends in May.
Also the government finally affirmed the list ofspecialties at Artsakh
State University. The list was sent back by the government twice to cut
the number of specialties in humanities and increase the number of
students in construction and agronomy. According to the minister of
education and culture Vladik Khachatryan, after the revision 26 places
in three construction specialties were opened which will get financial
assistance from the government, as well as 10 places for the specialty
of dentist which will be financed by the ministry of health. It was
noted that students from rural areas will be admitted for those places,
who will sign contracts to return to work in their villages.
The issue of contracts with rural students caused a heated argument.
Almost all the ministers claimed that the government assistance is not
effective. Prime Minister Ara Harutiunyan says the government pays for
the education of a student having no levers in case the student does
not return to work in his or her native village. Most girls get married
and receive a free diploma, and boys who complete their military
service shift to distance learning and receive the same free diploma,
the ministers said. As a result the government spends money, but the
jobs for which specialists were to be trained remain vacant. The
minister of defense Movses Hakobyan proposed sending student-conscripts
to work at the schools of the regions where they serve.
The prime minister proposed other options, such as to withhold the
diploma, demand repayment of the tuition fee, not to admit to work in
government offices. It turned out that there are already such
restrictions but the girls nevertheless marry boys from the city.
Apparently, the only solution is to somehow encourage marriages in the
villages.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
