Ministry of Education to  take control of  general education schools  in Armenia

ArmInfo.  General education schools in Armenia will  now fall under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports. The corresponding draft law was presented by Minister of Education Zhanna Andreasyan during a meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science, Education, Culture, Diaspora, Youth and Sports. 

She noted that out of 1,343 educational institutions, only 123 are  managed by the Ministry. The rest are under the jurisdiction of the  Yerevan City Hall and regional administrations. The expediency of  such changes, as Andreasyan noted, is dictated by the desire to move  to uniform educational standards. "We appreciate the work of the  regional administrations and the Yerevan City Hall. They will still  be responsible for tasks concerning administrative and economic  management," the head of the Ministry of Education and Science of the  Republic of Armenia stated.  The Minister noted that these changes  will come into force in regional schools from September 1, 2026, and  in capital schools from September 1, 2027.