YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 26, NOYAN TAPAN. The French-Armenian school operating in Yerevan since the beginning of the educational year has received a license of educational activities by the RA Ministry of Education and Science on November 23. According to the information provided on the same day during the official opening ceremony of the school by Serge Smessov, the Ambassador of Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France tp the Republic of Armenia, the birth of this school is important for those, who study the French language in Armenia and for the admirers of this language since children have no opportunity to receive a complete French education anywhere before entering higher educational institutions, that is from the kindergarten up to the university. This school-preparatory classes fills that lack by French standards. Mr. Smessov mentioned that at present the school has 19 pupils, however, he expressed hope that this educational institution having passed the examination of the time will have 50% more pupils next year. The school is not like institutions having bilingual classes. It is a completely French school, where not only Armenian but also French children study. The teaching programs and methods are also French and are estimated by the standards of that country. Children also learn Armenian at this school. In the words of the Ambassador, the teaching of the Armenian and French languages is coordinated and these two directions do not hinder each other. Serge Smessov mentioned that the Embassy of France in Armenia has showed moral assistance to the creation of the school. In the words of Bagrat Yesayan, the RA Deputy Minister of Education and Science, th establishment of this school is one of the best manifestations of the Armenian French centuries-old cultural and political relations. The opening of the preparatory classes, in his conviction, strengthens the French presence in the system of the RA education.

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