Corruption risks in Armenia’s education system are not reducing sufficiently.

The principals’ competitions were held in Armenia’s more than 900 schools, from September 2011 until the end of December, and as a result complaints and dissatisfactions were expressed for nearly a mere one percent. This was noted during a session at the Education and Science Ministry.

Minister Armen Ashotyan underscored the need for a more persistent activity toward eliminating the relevant violations and shortcomings.

Also, the Minister considered it worrisome that, in line with sociological surveys, the corruption risks in the country’s education system are not reducing at a sufficient rate.

And the study of the calls made to the Ministry’s hotline number show that the societal discontent is primarily conditioned on unlawful fundraising at schools. “We must do everything so that the parents’ assistance [to the schools] should be on voluntary basis alone,” Ashotyan maintained.

The session’s participants also discussed the education system priorities of the Armenian government’s Anti-Corruption Strategy Program.