REOPENING OF FOREIGN-LANGUAGE SCHOOLS IS DIVERSION ON ARMENIAN LANGUAGE, SAY CIVIL ACTIVISTS
Tert.am
13.05.10
On May 12 members of We are Against the Reopening of Foreign-Language
Schools public initiative convened their first meeting and discussed a
recent initiative by the Ministry of Education and Science of Armenia
over reopening foreign-language schools.
They also released a statement which says that the Ministry’s move
is a diversion on the Armenian language and the independent state.
"Should the bill proposed by the Ministry be adopted, Armenian will
become a language of everyday use, while the Armenian language must
be used in all aspects of life for its overall development," reads
the statement.
Further it says that Minister Armen Ashotyan’s assertion that the
would-be foreign-language schools will provide a high-quality education
is just a racist approach towards the Armenian mindset.
"The language that has a literary history lasting for millenniums is
capable to meet all the requirements of modern educational system. The
quality of education depends not upon the language of teaching but
rather on the programs, the principles of teaching, the qualification
of the specialists and the organizational order."
The initiative that has already one thousand members was created just
a fortnight ago on the famous social network Facebook and is available
at: !/group.php?gid=112426852 127161&ref