REPRESENTATIVES OF 23 COUNTRIES TO PARTICIPATE IN SECOND ALL-ARMENIAN
EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE
YEREVAN, AUGUST 17, NOYAN TAPAN. 150 representatives of educational
institutions from 23 countries, including Armenia and Artsakh,
will participate in the second All-Armenian educational conference
to be held in Tsakhkadzor on August 18-20. Problems of promotion,
preservation and development of national self-consciousness in the
Diaspora, the methodological basis of education, i ssues related to
preparation of teachers and Armenologists, etc. will be discussed at
the conference. Hrach Tadevosian, head of the Department for Links
with the Diaspora of the RA Ministry of Education and Science, noted at
the event’s opening ceremony in Yerevan on August 17 that All-Armenian
educational conferences aim to coordinate the potentail available in
the Armenia-Diaspora cooperation, identify priorities of developing
the sphere of education, jointly develop programs for solution of the
existing problem, and to provide practical assistance to the Diasporan
educational institutions. RA Minister of Education and Science Levon
Mkrtchian said that the conference participants will also address
the issue of opening the department of Western Armenians at Yerevan
State University, the idea of an on-line Armenian school, and language
policy-related issues. The RA President Robert Kocharian’s address
was read at the opening ceremony. The address in particular says: "The
educational and cultural links play an important role in development of
Armenia-Diaspora relations. The All-Armenian educational conference,
One Nation One Culture Festival, All-Armenian sport games are called
upon to secure a spiritial link of the Armenians spread all over
the world. I hope that some well-founded provisions will be proposed
thanks to a comprehensive discussion of the existing problems, and the
conference will give an impetus to the development of educational links
between Armenia and the Diaspora." Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin
II, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I and President of
the NKR Arkady Ghukasian also sent their addresses to the conference.