Ministry of Education and Science to school principals: In a short time provide explanations on published records of the NGO "Union of Informed Citizens"
ArmInfo.The issue that arose in connection with the publication of 114 telephone conversations with school and kindergarten directors attached to the publication of the public organization "Union of Awareness Citizens", entitled "RPA Abuses Administrative Resources in Schools and Kindergartens", is the focus of the Ministry of Education and Science of Armenia. The press secretary of the Ministry Lusine Margaryan reported this on her Facebook page.
As Margaryan writes, the acting Minister of Education and Science of Armenia, Deputy Minister Manuk Mkrtchyan instructed the senior school directors included in the list to provide explanations on the published records in a short period of time. Simultaneously, a circular has been sent to the regional administrations and Yerevan municipality, which once again suggests taking appropriate measures to avoid involving educational institutions in political processes.
The representative of the Ministry of Education reminds that the head of the department Levon Mkrtchyan, with the purpose of participation in the pre-election campaign, is on vacation. "On February 22, Minister Levon Mkrtchyan addressed the regional administrations and Yerevan municipality with a circular, proposing to establish strict control over the fact that representatives of educational institutions were involved in pre-electoral campaign exclusively within the framework of the law", writes Lusine Margaryan.
To note, the organization "Association of Informed Citizens" made public announcements with the conversation of 114 directors of kindergartens and schools of the republic with the members of the organization who, having called by the representatives of the pre-election headquarters of the RPA, learned that employees and the management of educational institutions are campaigning for the ruling party, which is prohibited by the Electoral Code.