Armenian students will have right to pay tuition in higher  educational institutions by installments

ArmInfo. Armenian students  will have the right to pay tuition in higher educational institutions  of the country by installments. The parliament of the country at the  plenary session on November 15 discussed the legislative initiative  of the chairman of the standing committee of the National Assembly of  the Republic of Armenia on science, education, culture, youth and  sports, MP Tigran Urikhanyan, who introduced amendments to the  Education Act in the first reading.

According to the MP, the bill proposes, in particular, to allow  university students to pay tuition fees on a monthly basis.  At  present, universities require payment from the beginning of the  school year, or, according to students, in two stages from the  beginning of the semester, which creates great difficulties for  students and their parents. At the same time, as Tigran Urikhanyan  noted, no one forbids students and their parents to pay the full  amount from the beginning of the school year.

At the same time, the Acting Deputy Minister of Education and Science  of Armenia Hovhannes Hovhannisyan noted that the RA government issued  a positive opinion on the submitted document. Until today, as note  Acting Deputy Minister, mechanisms were used to defer tuition  payments, which were based on personal requests and statements from  students. But with the adoption of the law, there will be no need for  excessive document flow. However, as Hovhannes Hovhannisyan stressed,  the application of amendments for universities is associated with  problems related to accounting, but these problems are solvable.

To note, the vote on the bill is expected to take place on November  16.