YEREVAN, MAY 30, NOYAN TAPAN. School-leavers of the 2006-2007 academic year and the previous years of the secondary schools of Armenia will pass the joint exam on the Armenian Language, Literature subject at 55 examination centers. There will be 19 examination centers in Yerevan. As Levon Mkrtchian, the RA Minister of Education and Science stated at the May 29 press conference, more than 50 thousand pupils leave schools of Yerevan and the marzes this year among who about 16 thousand school-leavers will participate at the centralized examination being held by the joint (A and B levels) system. From the marzes of the republic, most of school-leavers addressed for having a competition point on the Armenian Language subject at the entrance exams of the institutions of higher education are from the marzes of Shirak and Tavush, correspondingly 1457 and 1402 school-leavers. The least of entrants were registered from the marzes of Vayots Dzor and Aragatsotn, correspondigly 282 and 654. 13 874 school-leavers will participate in the exam from Yerevan, 8 thousand 884 of who will pass the exam by the school-leaving system and 4 thousand 990 ones will pass by the joint system. The Minister mentioned that among the school-leavers of the previous years 1205 ones will this year pass a joint exam on the Armenian Language subject for entrance exams of the institutions of higher education. Results of the joint and final exams to be held on June 1 will become known only in seven days.

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