Tuition hike from touching and sincere treasure

Plans to raise tuition fees in Armenia to 30% can be confusing results of the Armenian people, as it would be to reduce the ability to take advantage of higher education.

Tuition fees have increased by 15% on average in May, many governments and universities. This is coated with economic development has given us students pay $ 1,048 in tuition fees for nearly a year nominal wage just $ 260 a month.

Armenian students already hard hit by the economic crisis and high unemployment, and the students are facing a grim picture of the future.

European intellectuals concerned about the recent Armenian and helped in the fight against the Armenian National Student Association, or ANSA, against the law. On 21 June, the European Union Students ANSA letter to all the major stakeholders in the field of education in Armenia.

Unity believe that education is important to build a knowledge-based people, while education should be an active and able-bodied civilians wealth and give equal opportunity to all.

High levels of education, unemployment results in lower school improves quality of life, lower crime, more social actors and high taxes.

"Raising tuition prevent people from accessing higher education, making education a privilege of the few who can pay the fees. In fiscal Armenia, where the amount of compensation of the average wage, the effects of raising fees and hazardous of all the individual people in the Great," the letter said.

More than 10,000 land only students in Europe also sent letters to the aid of ANSA depicts the amount of tuition in Armenia. In recent weeks, the association of Armenian students actively organized crime and public meetings and more than 10 local students alone and meetings attracted more than 1,000 participants.

ANSA has made a public statement on the matter and send a huge impact on Armenia, the Council of Europe and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Office in Yerevan and the European Union-Armenia office Yomba complaints in Armenia. This statement was sent to the Rector of the Armenian universities decision to increase tuition and rectors of higher institutions in the country.