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A Follow Up In Gohar’s Case

A1 Plus published a follow-up article–this time both in Armenian and English– about the case of Gohar Martirosyan, who tragically committed suicide on June 4 after she discovered she had flunked an impossible university entrance exam testing knowledge of the Armenian language and literature.

Below is the full text, with my minor copy edits in brackets.

The [...]

Paradox in the Armenian Education Debate

Last night my wife mentioned that a girl had committed suicide after finding out that she flunked her Armenian language exam, which she needed to pass in order to be accepted into university. I asked her if she could determine the news source, and she found two articles on A1+. I tried to find other [...]

Are Foreign Language Schools a Threat to Armenia?

I was recently invited to join a Facebook group called (translated from Armenian) “We Are Opposed to the Reopening of Foreign-language Schools.” Apparently this is a reactionary movement to a planned boarding school that will be opened in Dilijan sometime in 2013. It will be called the Digital International School of Armenia and is supported [...]

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