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Armenia losing children, schools get empty

31 May 2017 [12:38] - TODAY.AZ

By Azernews


By Rashid Shirinov

Armenian schools have become victim of the empty promises of the Sargsyan regime, as the terrible socio-economical conditions have long ago become the scourge of ordinary Armenians.

Thousands of families, which cannot stand the poor living conditions in the country, keep leaving Armenia. This, in turn, leads to the devastation of the country, and Armenia loses its younger generation.

Armenian newspaper Haykakan Zhamanak states that this year’s Last Bell sounded at 1,400 Armenian schools this year, and 19,618 students graduated the schools.

However, last year’s number of graduates from Armenian schools was 22,069. This means that Armenia has lost significant number of schoolchildren during the past year.

This year’s Last Bell did not sound in a number of Armenian schools due to lack of graduates, and this problem is acute especially in the border villages.  For example, there is no graduate, or only two or three of them in several schools of Syunik and Lori provinces of the country.

Given the law number of students, the Armenian government decided to merge those schools which are visited by only few students. However, this decision will probably result in protests among the Armenian population, especially teachers who will lost their jobs.

Given the poor condition of roads in Armenian provinces and the weak transport infrastructure, the closure of schools in villages will mean that Armenian children will just stop learning. This, in turn, will result in an uneducated generation, which will likely lead Armenia in an even deeper swamp.

The closure of schools in villages will lead to their extinction and the rapid transformation of Armenia to Yerevan alone, says Narine Dilbaryan, a professor at the Yerevan State University.

“The closure of schools in the border villages will result in migration of the population to regional centers, because nobody wants his child to get to the nearest school for several hours,” she told Hayinfo. “In the future, the flow will move from regional centers to Yerevan, and in the end, the whole Armenia will focus on Yerevan alone.”

In April 2017, Human Rights Watch reported that the Armenian government is not doing enough to ensure quality, inclusive education for all children.

The report developed by the organization revealed that thousands of children in Armenia are needlessly separated from their parents and placed in institutions due to disability or poverty.

“The government of Armenia has made some bold commitments to reduce the number of children in institutions, but needs to make sure those promises are backed by serious, sustained action,” said Jane Buchanan, associate Europe and Central Asia director at Human Rights Watch and author of the report.

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