WHERE SHOULD THE ARMENIAN LANGUAGE BE DEFENDED IF NOT IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOL?
Alisa Gevorgyan

"Radiolur"
17.05.2010 18:15

The Armenian Government has approved the proposal of the Minister
of Education and Science to amend RA Law on Language, according to
which the ban on opening of foreign-language schools in the country
will be lifted.

The Armenian society is divided on the issue. Writer and translator,
ex-Minister of Culture Hakob Movses opposes the idea of opening
foreign-language schools in the republic. He says he would support
any initiative of teaching foreign languages on a high level, but he
wonders why the issue of opening of such schools has become so urgent
in case there are a lot of economic, social and educational-cultural
problems to be solved.

Ex-Minister of Education Ashot Bleyan says a definite "no" to the
initiative. The idea of opening foreign-language schools contradicts
the Constitution, which states that the state language of the Republic
of Armenia is the Armenian, he says. "Where should the Armenian
language be defended if not in the secondary school?" Bleyas asks.