The Cilician Benevolent Union established the Cilician School in No. 14 School in Yerevan, in order that children of Armenian Syrian families, which have temporarily sheltered in Armenia, are able to continue education. Vazgen Mesropyan, a member of the board of the Union affiliate in Armenia, said during a conversation with www.aravot.am that the existence of the college was not very smooth: “There are certain problems, but they can be overcome. We have put a lot of effort to ensure the transportation of students by buses. They bring them to school in the morning from different communities of Yerevan. No individual or organization has offered its help so far – they haven’t inquired whether we needed anything. Thanks to the efforts of the Ministry of Diaspora, the UN has supported us, has given computers and in general, small organizations have helped with certain problems, but no one has supported financially.”
We also talked with Nushik Zarikyan, a biology teacher in grades 1-6. “The only means of education are still the books we have in hand, there are no other methods, modern technology, but those are necessary in the case of biology, in particular. Despite that, children do well,” the teacher said.
She added that the college had roughly 26 first graders.
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