1324 students flunked out of state universities

Some 1324 students have been left out of state universities because of academic debt.

The figure has been revealed after summing up 2011-2012 academic year, Education and Science Minister Armen Ashotyan said at the meeting with reporters on Wednesday.

He said 130 students have dropped out because of tuition fees, and overall 1,454 have been left out. “Last year we have changed the procedures of exams letting students have 12 credits debt.

This though does not relate to graduation year students, as naturally they should not have debts. All the students have right to get restored at the second half of relevant course,” he said, stressing that the presented information relates to state establishments only.

At the same time the minister stressed that their aim is to make the process of entrance to universities easy while studying difficult. “Some 200 students have been left out only of the Medical University,” he said, adding that some 217 have dropped out of Gavar university. The minister explained the reason with the newly established norms,” the minister said, adding that it shows that the studying process has become stricter.