Head of MESCS: It is impossible to provide quality education in all 60 higher education institutions of Armenia

ArmInfo. It is impossible to  provide quality education in all 60 higher education institutions of  Armenia, which is what the government is striving for. This was  stated by the Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports  Zhanna Andreasyan during the government hour in the National Assembly  of  Armenia on October 4.

She emphasized the importance of consolidating universities, which is  simply inevitable in the current situation, especially considering  the law's requirement to have at least 4 thousand students in each  higher education institution. To meet this requirement, it is  necessary to pursue the path of consolidation. "The resources  available today are insufficient to provide quality education," the  minister said.  Andreasyan added that a working group has been formed  with representatives from regional universities to solve their  problems. The Minister believes that the decisions made as a result  of the discussions in the working group should focus on improving the  quality of education and fostering regional development.

It should be noted that within the framework of the state program for  the development of education, there is a plan to reduce the number of  state universities in the country to 8 by 2030. These universities  will mainly be concentrated in "Academic City".