ArmInfo. On July 7, the Armenian Government approved amendments to the draft law "On making additions to the law on military service and the status of servicemen", which imply the possibility of deferment from service for university students in priority specialties.
The adoption of the bill is conditioned by the need to establish the possibility of granting deferment from mandatory military conscription to citizens majoring in priority or important specializations for the country. In particular, the draft stipulates that the circumstance of studying in relevant universities majoring in priority and important specializations for the state will be considered target study from the point of view of deferment, and the Government will define the universities and the order and conditions of studying in relevant majors.
As RA Minister of Education, Science, Cultures and Sports Vahram Dumanyan explained, the list of universities and specialties will be agreed with the Ministry of Defense and approved by the government. For citizens who received a deferment, the maximum draft age will increase from 27 to 28 years, so that students do not have to take exams and defend diplomas in an accelerated mode, he explained.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, in turn, added that the government will be able to put forward certain conditions for applicants applying for these places. This will solve the problem of shortage of young teachers, teachers in rural schools. "But everyone who applies for these places will have to understand that he has obligations to the state for the next 7.8, 10 years, and we must have mechanisms to monitor the fulfillment of these obligations," he said.
