DIASPORA MINISTER RECEIVES STUDENTS FROM ALEPPO

Noyan Tapan
June 18, 2009

Yerevan, June 18, Noyan Tapan – Armenians Today: RA Diaspora minister
Hranush Hakobyan receives the of 36 10-grade students from Aleppo-based
"Qaren Eppe" Armenian lyceum.

As the public relation department of the Diaspora ministry reports,
Ms.Hakobyan presented Diaspora ministry’s functions and programs. The
minister stressed, that true Armenian must be necessarily literate
and good person, law-abiding citizen of the country he lives, which
is of utter importance , be healthy, which means everyone should
refrain from bad habits.

Ms Hakobyan dwelled on the "Come Home" program, told about the official
web site of the ministry and recently established "Armenians Today"
electronic web periodical, mentioning that Armenians from around the
world are invited to post their stories on these web-sites.

Students touched upon the problem of the status of Armenian diplomas
abroad.

The minister promised to address this issue to the RA president,
since Armenians diplomas of higher education are still not recognized
in many countries, which prevents Diasporan Armenians from studying
in their homeland.

Currently 1200 students are enrolled in the "Qaren Eppe" Armenian
lyceum eestablished in Aleppo in 1947.