The beginning of the new school year raised a lot of questions from the students’ parents and teachers, as well as from college students and their professions. Those questions are not given convincing answers. I, for one, do not understand why the school year started on September 15th instead of September 1st. Some people even suggested that the school year start sooner after taking into consideration the fact that a new wave of the virus can spread throughout Armenia in November or December, which would make schools close again. Therefore, can the methods that will be used to teach elementary school students be technically implemented? Even if they can, are those methods truly effective? What lessons can be learned from our experience with distance education? These questions cause the authorities to grow unreasonably angry, and the response is typically, “We’re doing the right thing.”
Read the entire editorial in Armenian: https://www.aravot.am/2020/09/15/1134993/
Aram Abrahamyan
