More than twenty negative articles have been published on Arayik Harutyunyan

From 1 to 10 May, 2020, the “Media Advocate” initiative followed online media reports on the Minister Arayik Harutyunyan’s personality and activities. 35 leading Armenian news agencies have been monitored.

In the specified period, 270 articles were declared, 24 of which were negative, 7 were positive and 239 were neutral.

More than twenty negative articles have been published on ESCS Minister Arayik Harutyunyan.

According to various publications, distance education has failed. Manushak Stepanyan, a teacher at the the Tchaikovsky Music Secondary Vocational School noted: “Everyone is complaining. I had a lesson for 7 hours yesterday, which means, I sat down at the table at 10 in the morning and finished at 14:15 and I could not even stand up. I conducted my lesson, but my audience was small. Only in case of the 6th grade we had 16 out of 19 student present. 3 out of 20 students of 10th grade participated in the lesson. Parents also say, “there is no matter, since they don’t count anymore, and you don’t have to be in front of that computer all day long.” And this is the result of the glorious decision of our Minister of Education. In addition, they say that if the program is not completed, we will have to start classes earlier, that is in the last week of August. Why should I start classes early at the expense of my vacation?

An attempt is being made to change the status of the materials kept in the main fund of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute. Many experts oppose these changes, as it may have disastrous consequences for the preservation of national values. Gohar Khanumyan, the chief curator of the museum-institute, is also against the transfer of 36.000 materials from the museum.