Armenian President discusses education reformation with chancellors of state universities

YEREVAN, December 17. /ARKA/. Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan discussed education reformation with chancellors of state universities on Wednesday, the presidential press office reports. 

The president said that such meetings would become regular. 

“You’re your universities’ activities determine what specialists we will have tomorrow and what country we will have in the future,” he said. 

The head of state stressed the necessity to apply new technologies to education process and to modernize labs. 
He said he expected new initiatives and vigorous efforts from heads of universities to advance educational reforms. 
The chancellors presented higher education problems to Sargsyan and their plans to improve the system. 
In particular, obstacles on the way to join Bologna process and transition to a two-level education were discussed at the meeting. 

Organizational and legal issues, private universities and Armenian citizens’ study abroad were discussed as well. -0--