Government bans political figures from university boards

Under a new legislative package, in order to increase the efficiency of the administration, the members of the governing boards of Armenia’s universities shall be limited to nine people and no members will be state or political figures, reports News.am.

This was announced by Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports Vahram Dumanyan during a discussion of the package of bills on amendments to the Law on Higher Education and Science and 22 related laws, at a session of the National Assembly on 10 February.

According to Dumanyan, five of the aforesaid members shall be appointed by the authorised state agency and the other four by the given university. “Membership of state or political figures in the governing board of universities will be banned,” Dumanyan added.
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