Minister: Private universities often simply distribute certificates (video)
Today Levon Mkrtchyan announced that the statement by the Ministry of Health of Israel made about two months ago that medical education isn’t of high quality in Armenia doesn’t refer to the state university, “Through the MFA we demanded concrete names. If those names are published and we can see from which educational institutions they were, irrespective of the fact whether those institutions are state or private, they will be held accountable.” The Minister notes that because of having few students, some private universities simply distribute certificates of higher education. It means that law enforcement bodies have lots of work to do, “If it is proved that the rector of the university personally sells certificates, the license of that university must be taken.” The topic of discussion of the journalists with the Minister of Culture was the failure of “Gayane” ballet on June 8. Who were accountable for that? “26 people,” says the Minister. But they haven’t been dismissed from their jobs, “They received strict caution and one person, who wrote an application and took the responsibility by that application.” The reason for failing the concert, according to the media outlets, was dismissal of 10 people from the administrative staff of the opera and ballet theatre. The Minister has to answer the question whether he is ready to work with next Prime Minister, if current Prime Minister is sacked in April of next year, “We are implementing the program presented by the Republican Party.” The fact is, says Mr Amiryan, that he doesn’t know what will happen to him in an hour, consequently he cannot say what will happen after a year. A few days ago the Cabinet of Karen Karapetyan presented to the Parliament 5 years’ program of the Cabinet’s activities and Mr Amiryan is ready to implement it, “It isn’t important who Prime Minister will be, the implementation of the program is important.”
