BY THE END OF THE YEAR ARMENIAN EDUCATION AND SCIENCE MINISTRY TO ALLOCATE 51 000 UNITS OF EDUCATIONAL LITERATURE AND ADDITIONAL MATERIALS TO THE ARMENIAN EDUCATIONAL CENTERS OF DIASPORA

ARMENPRESS
Aug 28, 2009

YEREVAN, AUGUST 28, ARMENPRESS: By the end of the year the Armenia
Education and Science Ministry will allocate 51 000 units of
educational literature and additional materials to the Armenian
educational centers in Diaspora.

Chief specialist for the links with Diaspora of the Ministry Tamara
Zalinian told Armenpress that text books, encyclopedias, DVD discs,
copy books and other resources will be rendered.

According to her there are materials which are provided to the Diaspora
for the first time – the wanders of Armenia and traditions in one
DVD, CDs teaching the national dances, children’s fiction as well as
posters about capitals of Armenia. There are templates intended for
the teachers of Diaspora as well.

The educational literature is intended for the children who attend the
Armenian educational centers in Europe, USA and CIS states who do not
know Armenian or know it badly. Volumes of literature provided to the
educational centers in Diaspora is dependent upon the applications
presented by them as well as the surveys conducted by the Ministry;
number of pupils and the level of necessity of the educational
materials are taken into consideration.

T. Zalinian noted that already 28 000 units of educational literature
and additional materials have been provided to the Diaspora.

Usually more educational literature is ordered than it has
been intended as during the year there are newly opened Armenian
educational centers in different states of the world which have a
need for educational templates and literature.

There are nearly 350 everyday Armenian schools functioning in the
Diaspora and the number of Sunday schools is not clarified yet as
very often new schools are opened and the existing ones are closed.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress