“WE LOSE THE NATIONAL SCHOOL BOTH IN THE DIASPORA AND H OMELAND,”
PH.D. DANIELIAN SAYS
YEREVAN, August 13 (Noyan Tapan). Though the Armenian schools of the
Diaspora are in crisis now, nevertheless teachers, being soldiers of
Mashtots, keep the Armenian spirit in children’s hearts and
souls. Levon Ananian, the Chairman of the Armenian Writers’ Union,
said about it during the August 12 meeting with 50 teachers of the
Armenian Diaspora, participating in the training on the raising of the
level of skill in Yerevan. Mentioning that the carrying out of such a
mission in the foreign country is really difficult,Levon Ananian,
turning to them, said: “We appreciate your work, your devotion, as
without you the Armenian language and literature can’t exist in the
Diaspora.” Ph. D. Suren Danielian, Director of the “Spyurk”
(“Diaspora”) Scientific-Educational Center, emphasized that the
Diasporan Communities are worried about the continuing reduction of
the number of the Armenian schools and students. Armenian writers also
share this anxiety, and this problem was arisen once more during the
II Pan-Armenian Conference of Writers held in June. According to Suren
Danielian, “we lose the national school both in the Homeland and
Diaspora”. At the same time, he expressed hope that the conference to
be held in Tsakhkadzor in late August will elaborate concrete programs
in this direction. S. Danielian also reported that for the first time
seven teachers from Iraq also participate in the training on the
raising of the level of skill. After surmounting numerous obstacles,
they were able to come to Armenia with faith that the Armenian schools
will be opened in Iraq in September again and they will continue their
cause.