President Vahagn Khachaturyan hails Kazakhstan’s education system as a model for Armenia
Armenian President Vahagn Khachaturyan delivered today a lecture at the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, focusing on Armenia’s public administration system, transport logistics potential, social and economic sphere, healthcare, education and more, Kazinform News Agency correspondent reports.
Speaking about the sphere of education, Vahagn Khachaturyan pointed out that Armenia seeks to build an economy based on high technology, highlighting the role of education and science.
Currently, 287 billion Armenian drams are spent on education, double the amount spent in 2018. There will be new educational projects and programs. A very good model for us in this area is Kazakhstan, which invests a lot of money in education, providing teachers with a reasonable salary. Presently, we highlight the role of teachers just like Kazakhstan. Joining today’s meeting is the minister of education, science, sport and culture. Yesterday, together with President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev the possibility of another visit to learn more about your country’s educational system, something new was considered, said the Armenian President.
Vahagn Khachaturyan also outlined the plans of his country to promote the education sphere.
Our country is eyeing repairs and construction of 500 new schools and kindergartens. There is also the project to create an academic city. Our government is doing its utmost to realize the idea of its construction, so as to increase the quality of education and make Armenia attractive in terms of educational opportunities. Our country had no investments going to this sphere for decades; there were no gyms, technical capabilities. We’d like to implement everything your education system has proven effective in our schools, universities. We can see that investments are made in this area and plan to boost them, concluded the President of Armenia.
As earlier reported, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev greeted President of Armenia Vahagn Khachaturyan who arrived for an official visit to Kazakhstan at the Akorda Residence in Astana. Following the solemn ceremony the presidents had talks.
The two presidents also visited the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC).