YEREVAN. – During Wednesday’s consultation with the public schools of Armenia’s Gegharkunik Region, Education and Science Minister Armen Ashotyan stated that all junior school textbooks will be given to the students free of charge, Chorrord Inknishkhanutyun daily reports.                                

“Speaking to the school principals attending the consultation, the Minister said: ‘From now on, all school textbooks, including foreign language textbooks which used to be given upon payment, must be given to the schoolchildren at no cost. The Education and Science Ministry will carry out a constant control in this regard.’      

The Minister [also] reminded that the specialists with vocational education will no longer be able to work at public schools as of 2018. ‘They have six year’s time during which to receive the necessary qualification.’  

[And] The teachers’ training process, which started last year, will come to an end in 2016,” Chorrord Inknishkhanutyun quotes the Minister as saying.