YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 21, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian scientists have lack of information on issues related to the science reforming and academy. This was mentioned at the February 20 meeting of Vahan Hovhannisian, the Vice-President of the RA National Assembly, and a number of Armenian scientists. Lenser Aghalovian, Director of the Mechanics Institute, Albik Mkrtchian, Director of the Applied Physics Institute, Konstantin Gharagyozian, Director of the Molecular Physics Institute, Bagrat Gharibjanian, Director of the Fine Organic Chemistry Institute, and other academicians were categorically against the idea of turning the RA National Academy of Sciences into a social organization, of passing to a one-level scientific system, which will completely destroy the science and dozens of years should be needed for its restoration. They also spoke about the low salary of the scientists that prevents the access of the young cadres from science, arrangement of production attached to scientific institutions, clarification of place of different branches of science in the social system and economy. They were also against the idea of the science reforming. The scientists mentioned that the Armenian science doesn't need it as Armenia has world scientific schools. According to Aram Shahinian, Academician of the National Academy of Sciences, the conception of the science reforming in Armenia is included in the Government Activity 2006 program, where the problem of the National Academy of Sciences reforming is not included though for some reasons, the issue of reform of the National Academy of Sciences was put into circulation, that caused confusion in the society. Artsrun Avagian, Dean of the Philological faculty of the Yerevan State University, proposed making the exams on the subjects of the Armenian Literature and the History of the Armenian Nation obligatory for the schools' middle classes, to include those Armenian writers into curriculum, who were taken out of the textbooks, particularly Gabriel Sundukian, Perch Proshian, Stepan Zorian, Hakob Paronian and others. According to the information given to Noyan Tapan form the RA NA Public Relations Department, V.Hovhannisian, summarizing the meeting, mentioned that the development of science should be part of the national security. According to him, the development of science in Armenia has no alternative as it is a issue of national security. V.Hovhannisian thinks that an idea has matured in the society that we can lose science and decades and financial big resources should be needed in order to restore it. So, decisive steps should be taken. The Vice-President of the National Assembly mentioned that the next meeting with the scientists will be with an enlarged staff, representatives of the government will be also invited.

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