ARMENIAN AND BULGARIAN EDUCATION MINISTRIES SIGNED 2009-2012 COLLABORATION PLAN

PanArmenian News
April 22 2009
Armenia

Today RA Minister of Education and Science Spartak Seyranyan
and Bulgarian Deputy Minister of Education Kircho Atanasov signed
"2009-2012 Scientific and Educational Collaboration Plan", RA Ministry
of Education Press Service reported.

Upon signing the document, Spartak Seyranyan thanked Bulgarian
Government and the whole Bulgarian nation for Armenian Genocide
commemoration ceremony in Sofia.

Referring to agreement signed, RA Education Minister noted that all the
clauses of the previous agreement had been fulfilled, thus allowing
the parties to introduce new clauses to the document. "The Bulgarian
Government pays great attention to education issues of Armenians
residing in Bulgaria. Armenian is taught as a native language in
many Bulgarian schools, and the RA Ministry of Education and Science
has greatly assisted them in terms of elaborating their curricula
and raising their teachers’ qualification," the Bulgarian official
said. Spartak Seyranyan also touched upon the activities of Armenian
Studies Centre at the University of Sofia.

Kircho Atanasov stated in his turn that the agreement would provide
new opportunities for both countries’ students.

The parties also announced about 2009 International IT Olympiad due
in Bulgaria, involving school-children from Armenia.