VACANT PLACES REMAINING AFTER UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS ALREADY REDISTRIBUTED: NO ADDITIONAL COMPETITION TO BE HELD

Noyan Tapan

Au g 12, 2008

YEREVAN, AUGUST 12, NOYAN TAPAN. Out of 13,007 university entrants
who took entrance exams this year, 10,001 ones entered universities,
including 2,242 ones for paid education places, 3,358 – for free
education places, and 4,401 – for education without the right of
postponement. The RA minister of education and science Spartak
Seyranian stated at the August 12 press conference that after the
entrance examinations 2 free vacant places, 34 paid vacant places
and 300 vacant places for those without the right of postponement
remained. According to the minister, the Republican Entrance Commission
(REC) has already redistributed the vacant places so no additional
competition will be held and no new lists of entrants will be complied.

The minister said that this year the lowest passing scores were
raised for the specialities where the major examination subject was
mathematics. "The lowest passing score was mainly raised for Yerevan
State University’s departments of information science and economics,
and for a number of specialities of Yerevan University of Economics,
" S. Seyranian said, adding that the lowest passing scores for the
other specialities were either lowered or left the same.

In the words of Ruben Topchian, director of the REC Data Center, this
year the number of entrants who received the highest 18-20 points
has declined as compared with last year. The number of appeals and
that of scores changed as their result has declined as well.