STATE -RUN UNIVERSITIES TO START RECEIVING APPLICATIONS FROM SCHOOL GRADUATES A WEEK EARLIER THAN BEFORE

ARKA
May 12, 2010
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, May 12, /ARKA/. A senior official of the Armenian education
and science ministry said today state -run universities will start
receiving applications from school graduates wishing to join these
universities a week earlier than before.

Speaking at a news conference Karo Nasibian, head of the Assessment
and Testing Center of the ministry, said the reception of applications
will start from May 5 and continue up to June 1. However, the deadline
is extended to July 10 for foreign applicants, army servicemen ending
their mandatory military service and Armenian citizens finishing
their education in foreign countries.

Karo Nasibian said also the ministry has introduced stricter conduct
rules for applicants. Particularly, an applicant caught using a mobile
phone or cribs will be told to leave the examination room. He added
that applicants with mobile phones will be banned from entering
examination rooms and whether they use it or not if the phone is
found the applicant will be banned from taking the exam, he said.