Seven private higher education institutions in Armenia stripped of their licenses

YEREVAN, August 13. /ARKA/. The Armenian Licence Commission for Implementing Educational Programs, grounding on the results of inspections, decided Thursday to strip seven private higher education institutions of their licenses, Armenian education ministry’s press office reports. 

This decision applies to Armenian-Russian Contemporary Humanitarian Institute, MUD Law School, Ararat University in Armavir, Aria International University, Vanevan Institute, Cavendish University and Artashat University.

The commission also partially suspended licenses of six private universities – Yerevan Management University, Galik University, Open Armenian University after Loris Kalashyan, Economic and Law University after Avetik Mkrtchyan, Armenian Institute of Economics, Ecology and Law and Yerevan Art University.

This suspension applies to particular specialties. Other three higher schools – Yerevan Management and Information Technologies University, Yerevan Humanitarian Institute and Caucasus Institute Fund – received warnings over the faults found in inspections.

They ought to put things right. Otherwise, they will be stripped of their licenses as well. 
The ministry gives a right to all the students of the mentioned schools to continue studying in other state-owned universities and private higher schools in their specialties.

The education ministry says 17 state-run universities, 55 private higher schools, three higher schools based on international agreements and eight branches of overseas universities function in Armenia now.-0--