PREMIER: UNWILLINGNESS OF SOME ARMENIANS TO LEARN SHOULD BE PLACED ON SAME FOOTING AS HIGH TREASON
ARKA
Aug 28, 2008
YEREVAN, August 28. /ARKA/. Unwillingness of some Armenians to learn
should be placed on the same footing as high treason, Armenian Premier
Tigran Sargsyan said.
"Not learning we reduce the potential of our nation and destruct
our future. We should cultivate wish to learn starting from school,
and the responsibility for this lies with teachers first of all,"
the Premier said.
According to him, salaries paid to teachers by Armenian Government
are high even compared with salaries paid in the National Academy
of Sciences. Hence, the Ministry of Education should raise also the
requirements to teachers in secondary schools and professors in higher
schools, the Premier said.
Intellectual abilities are number one resource of Armenia, yet
Armenian society underestimates importance of education and science,
the Premier said.