ArmInfo.The boards of trustees of state higher educational institutions of Armenia are practically formed. Acting Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Armenia, Arayik Harutyunyan, stated this on January 9 at a meeting with the rectors of state universities of the country.
According to him, which leads the press service of the ministry, in the coming days there will be meetings of the councils, at which the chairmen of the councils will be elected, reports on the results of the work performed and the implementation of budgets will be presented, and the budgets of universities for the current year will be approved. "The delay in the formation of the councils is due to the processes taking place in the country. Our wish is to do everything possible so that politicians and officials are represented as little as possible in these councils, which we have repeatedly said. The current legal regulations, of course, limit this process to some extent however, the revised version of the new draft law "On Higher Education", which will soon be put into circulation and will pass the stage of discussions, will finally resolve the issue with the politicization of the councils, "Arayik Harutyunyan told. He added that during today's meeting all the problems of universities will be raised and, if possible, the directions of their solution will be determined.
In turn, the rectors of universities raised their concerns regarding the approval of higher education budgets, financial stability, the accreditation process, and problems with the modernization of buildings and technical equipment, the activities of branches.