ArmInfo. Ombudsman Armen Tatoyan appealed to the Constitutional Court of Armenia with a request for constitutionality of the acquisition of textbooks for general education schools of the republic on a fee basis.
According to the press service of Ombudsman, according to the law "On Education", the provision of textbooks on a free basis is carried out only for pupils of grades 1-4. Meanwhile, according to the Constitution, education in state educational institutions is free. In the current situation, in fact, having established "hidden payments", the rights of the child to receive free education are violated. In accordance with the current law and other legal acts, there is no differentiated approach to this issue, including, to solve the problems of socially disadvantaged groups, whose decision is entrusted to the councils of school teachers and parents' councils.