David Gyurjinyan appointed Acting Rector of Brusov State University

ArmInfo. By the decision of the Interim Council of the "Yerevan State University of Languages and Social Sciences after V. Bryusov" Foundation, Ph.D David Gyurjinyan has been appointed Acting Rector of the University.

According to the press service of the Ministry of Education, Science,  Culture and Sports, the Interim Council of the University was formed  by the decree of the Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia,  which included Minister of Educational and Public Relations Zhanna  Andreasyan, Deputy Minister of Justice Armenuhi Harutyunyan and  Deputy Head of the Office of the Prime Minister of the Republic of  Armenia Zaruhi Matevosyan.

The Interim Council will exercise all the powers conferred on the  Board of Trustees in accordance with the law to ensure the smooth  operation of the Foundation.

David Gyurjinyan will hold the position of Acting Rector until the  election of the rector in accordance with the Charter of the Fund and  approval of the voting results by the Foundation.r.

The Ministry explained that the appointment of Gyurjinyan had nothing  to do with the process of consolidation of universities. At the  moment, the issue of merging Bryusov University is not being  discussed. The Ministry also refutes information about a danger of  the liquidation of the university. <This jurisdiction is prohibited  by law>, the message says.

It should be noted that after the adoption of such a decision, the  students of the university went on strike.  Representatives of the  University reported that in response to a letter from the MESCS about  holding a meeting of the Academic Council, at which a new rector will  be introduced, the university sent a counter letter in which it  invited members of the Provisional Council to visit the University  and present, both to the staff and students, the legal basis for the  decision.