YEREVAN. - To avoid corruption risks, the election of school directors should be held transparently.

Minister of Education and Science of Armenia, Levon Mkrtchyan, said the aforementioned at a Facebook press-conference with Radio Liberty on Tuesday, referring to the question of one of citizens as to when the tradition of giving a bribe when getting employed in schools will radically be eliminated.

“This phenomenon does exist. Our society should change its mentality. Let’s not focus on teachers alone: the issue exists in the most different spheres. As to schools, I propose doing something ourselves. The next stage is the transparency: the selection of a teacher shouldn’t depend on the director’s whim. I think it would be correct for a director to pass an interview with the province governor, minister, and, why not, prime minister or deputy prime minister, after his or her being selected or thereafter. It is not difficult to do this within a period of five years so that they are also personally responsible for the given director. That is, the small size of the country gives an opportunity for solutions and, from this perspective, we should work in two platforms: transparency and personal responsibility of specific officials,” he noted.