STUDENTS CLAIM ECONOMIC CRISIS AFFECTS THEIR WALLETS
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[01:04 pm] 13 February, 2009
Armenian students face difficulties in paying tuition fees because
of the global economic crisis. Most of them say the fees are sent by
their relatives working abroad.
"We no longer receive money. I wonder what is to become of us. We
have to pay the tuition fee before the interim exams otherwise we
shall be denied participation," said Varduhy Petrosyan, who studies
at the Department of Sociology, Yerevan State University.
Future physicist Arthur Abrahamyan is also concerned. His father hasn’t
sent money this year. "He says he’s not paid for his work. The employer
promises to pay salaries when he has money. My father is between two
fires as he doesn’t know whether to return to Armenia or stay there,"
says Arthur.
Many students say the university administration had better meet them
halfway and extend the deadline for payments.
We know that we are obliged to pay fees. But what can our parents do
if they have been made redundant?" said future philologist Varditer
Ghazaryan.
A1+ was informed at the university that the issue of extending the
terms of payments hasn’t been put under consideration, as they think
the economic crisis is not perceived in Armenia and students can pay
tuition fees in due time.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
