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“The page of politicization of the higher educational institutions may be considered closed by this initiative. The provision concerning the full and partial education programmes is important: an opportunity is given to the student to organize the education flexible: the main thing of the legislative initiative is the transferring of credits. We don’t have qualified education, as we don’t have competition at the level of the higher educational institutions, lecturers. In this case, if the lecturer is bad, the student won’t choose him or her,” the Deputy Chair of the NA Standing Committee on Science, Education, Culture, Diaspora, Youth and Sport Hovhannes Hovhannisyan

“It is important to give special status to Yerevan State University, moreover, it is worth to make the emphases on the activity efficiency Mother Higher Educational Institution and its serious role in public life:” Segey Bagratyan

“The provision of at least four per cent financing is one of the best proposals, and we shall include it in the draft law. If you try to ensure the University management process with the control mechanisms, then the efficiency will go down:” Karen Simonyan

“If you give special status to any higher educational institution, that higher educational institution, in time taking the given advantages, becomes slower, non-competitive and non-flexible. All the higher educational institutions should work in the same competitive conditions:” Gevorg Papoyan

“It seems to be that the Management Council of the higher educational institution shall be ‘a man giving money.’ Meanwhile the Management Council of the higher educational institution shall be the one working out and keeping standards:” Artak Manukyan.

“The sectional regulations on the issues damaging the independence of the higher educational institution, of essential importance, the restriction provisions of the academic freedoms and self-government of the higher educational institution are available in the draft law:” Anna Kostanyan.

“I would like to specify how the age restriction established for the office of the President of the higher educational institution is conditioned by:” Armen Yeghiazaryan

“I have had discussions with the profile specialists. They have had also complained about the age threshold established for the academic and administrative staff. I welcome making the credit system flexible:” Sona Ghazaryan

“The age restrictions for the staff are considered to be violation of the self-independence of the human resources management and the Constitution. We shall not create problems in terms of self-independence and freedoms of the higher educational institution:” Taguhi Tovmasyan

“We should ensure the equality of the electoral bodies. The decent financing of science is important:” Gor Gevorgyan.

“Giving status to a higher educational institution does not define the rating of this or that one, the life will show it occupies its place or not:” Mikayel Melkumyan

“We shall approach the financing of science in asymmetric and non-standard way. We shall find the global effective tools that can ensure flight for the development of the science:” Arman Babajanyan

“The issues of studying of the national minorities, the students with special need of education and their right to their education are regulated by the initiative. The draft law is not perfect, and is not free of shortcomings:” Lilit Stepanyan

“The reason of deceleration of the development growth rates of the higher educational institutions is not the fact of not appointing the posts of the Presidents, but the fact that the market relations have entered in the higher educational institution:” Srbuhi Grigoryan

“I think that the concerns of the opposition colleagues are sincere in relation to the profile problems, but, unfortunately, there is no opposite opinion among the opposition:” Vahagn Tevosyan

“It is necessary to affirm by law that the state bears responsibility for the education and science:” Sofia Hovsepyan

“It is necessary to fill in the law with a new provision, which will give an opportunity the non-payable students to sign a contract with the state after graduating from the higher educational institutions and return the tuition fee during the several years:” Hakob Aslanyan

“We shall establish such mechanism by law that those making political decisions cannot have full influence on the activity of the higher educational institutional management councils:” Ani Samsonyan

“We create competitive conditions, highlighting by that that competing the higher educational institutions will bring better quality and programmes. But it is important that those conditions will be equal for everybody. The role of the Students’ Council and the students is ignored in the management of the higher educational institutions:” Gevorg Gorgisyan

“The draft law contains political distinct messages and codes which directly destroy the academic freedoms, and they are against the principle of self-independence of the higher educational institutions:” Naira Zohrabyan

“This draft is an example by itself that our political team presented to your judgment a depoliticized draft law as much as possible, and I hope that, nevertheless, all three factions will vote for it:” Mkhitar Hayrapetyan