Thursday, December 19 2019 19:44

ArmInfo. Issues related to Armenian identity are the basis for the revision of subject criteria and are considered priority, however, the speculations associated  with this have nothing to do with the developed and implemented  programs and reforms.  Minister of Education, Science, Culture and  Sports Arayik Harutyunyan stated this at a government meeting, noting  the importance of strengthening and studying subjects of Armenology  in schools.

According to him, the funds that will be allocated for the  implementation of Armenological programs abroad have significantly  increased in the Budget of 2020. In addition, new Armenological  programs and strengthening of lessons on subjects of Armenology in  schools are planned.

In turn, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan noted that technological  education does not mean that the patriotic upbringing of children  will suffer. According to him, it is impossible not to educate  children in schools in the Armenian language, Armenian literature and  history, but to fill this gap in the engineering departments of  universities. "We are moving towards a deep and meaningful reform of  general education, and 2020 will be a year of concrete steps in this  industry," the prime minister assured.

To recall, earlier, a project was sent to relevant institutions to  amend the law on education and science, according to which the  Armenian language and literature and the history of Armenia will not  be included in the list of compulsory disciplines in the curriculum  of universities, which will independently decide whether to include  these subjects in the program or not. Universities, thus, will have  the opportunity to increase hours devoted to the study of specialized  disciplines.