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Schools without teachers. Why so many vacant jobs?

24-year-old Araks Gareginyan, who was working at the main school of Karmravan community in Shirak region, recently quit her position from the educational system. The conditions were not appealing. She daily went through 13km to reach work from a neighboring community called Ashotsk...

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Gaps of Mandatory Education

In 2017-2018 academic year around 274 children in Armenia did not attend schools. While the current legislation states that every six-year-old child must exercise a 12-year education.  Thus the current situation proves that the law defined by the RA Constitution is being broken.
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Accumulative Pension: Providing for Your Own Retirement

After the Velvet Revolution and change of government in Armenia in spring 2018, Armenia’s accumulative pension system also changed. On June 21, 2018, the parliament adopted the draft law “On Accumulative Pensions”. No amendments were proposed. From July 1, citizens in the...

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New Price Increases in 2018: What, why and how much?

The shops were crazy on New Year’s Eve in Armenia, despite complaints about price increases here in 2017. Yet the country witnessed another dramatic increase in prices from the very beginning of 2018. This time there was an increase in customs duty on poultry, butter, vegetable oil...

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