Levon Mkrtchyan promised to "punish" higher education institutions that cast a shadow on the Armenian education system
ArmInfo.The provision of fake diplomas by some higher education institutions of Armenia, although not of a mass nature, nevertheless, must be eradicated. Minister of Education and Science of Armenia Levon Mkrtchyan stated this in a conversation with journalists.
"If the investigation proves that some universities have provided false diplomas, the licensing procedure for these educational institutions will be reviewed. Nobody has the right make the quality of the education system in Armenia suspicious," the minister said, stressing that the same applies to the country's medical schools that provided false diplomas to foreign students and the outbreak of a scandal in Israel.
The minister recalled that in connection with this incident the department appealed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the country to obtain more accurate information from the Israeli side about students and universities that received and provided false diplomas. "When this information becomes clear, the guilty institutions will be held liable - if this is a private educational institution, it will lose its license, if it is a state institution, it will be held accountable in accordance with the requirements of the law," Mkrtchyan promised.
To mention, recently a scandal erupted in Israel due to the fact that some Armenian universities provide false diplomas to foreign students. The case even dealt with Israeli law enforcement. In a conversation with the ArmInfo correspondent, the representatives of the Yerevan State Medical University, the Mehrabian Medical University, the Armenian Medical University categorically denied the possibility of their participation in such machinations. However, representatives of some universities hinted that the scandal is connected with the diplomas provided by the University of Haybusak, ArmInfo was not able to receive comments from this university.
It should be noted that the issue related to false diplomas of Armenian universities is in the focus of attention of the National Security Service. In particular, according to the materials of the National Security Service, the rectors of three universities were detained, among them the rector of the St. Theresa Medus University.