Monday, November 4 2019 20:22

ArmInfo.The issue of studying the Armenian language in universities should not be considered if it is not a question of passing the subject at a specialized faculty or  a related field. A teacher of the Yerevan Waldorf School and a  teacher of YSU History Department, art critic Ara Atayan, expressed a  similar opinion in an interview with ArmInfo, commenting on the  legitimacy of the demand for the resignation of the head of the  Ministry of Education voiced by the ARFD party "Dashnaktsutsiun".

Recall that today the Dashnaktsutsiun ARF party issued a statement  demanding the resignation of Araik Harutyunyan, arguing that the  continued stay of Harutyunyan as a minister threatens the future of  the Armenian education system, Armenian science, Armenian culture and  Armenian sports. The party's attack is motivated by the fact that a  project on amendments and additions to the law on education and  science was sent to working discussions in relevant institutions,  according to which the Armenian language and literature, the history  of Armenia will not be included in the list of compulsory disciplines  in the curricula of universities. Instead, universities will be able  to increase hours, devoted to the study of other specialized  disciplines.

An experienced teacher noted that every step aimed at improving the  education system should not be faced with fierce resistance and  demagogy. is studied in schools  as a compulsory subject with an unprecedented number of hours, and  then this entire cycle is repeated from grades 10 to 12, and finally  students pass an exam on it, then after all this it is assumed that  the graduate schools know the Armenian language at a fairly serious  level. And if a graduate does not know the language well enough, then  questions arise for the school, and for the rest, I think everything  should concern university governance, which can solve these issues  independently>, Atayan said.  However, he noted that the level of  knowledge of the Armenian language, which is given by the school, as  well as the study of other subjects in Armenian language is  sufficient to ensure that graduates in the future freely and very  good command of the native language.

In his opinion, those applicants who have problems with the level of  knowledge of the Armenian language are "sick" with this even after 4  years of studying at the university.  The Minister of Education,  Science, Culture and Sports of Armenia Araik Harutyunyan also stated  that the bill being prepared will stimulate a better study of  subjects - the Armenian language, literature and history - in senior  classes of secondary schools.