YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 13, NOYAN TAPAN. The RA Ministry of Education and Science envisages to hold a certification of teachers and headmasters of institutions of general education every five years. According to the information provided to a Noyan Tapan correspondent by Levon Mkrtchian, the RA Minister of Education and Science, every year a corresponding sum will be allocated from the budget for the retraining of ten thousand teachers, as for the duration, it will last three, four or more months instead of the current one or two weeks. According to the Minister of Education and Science, retraining departments open in pedagogical higher educational instituions for this purpose. "At present, teachers having many years of working experience and beginners receive equal salary and with the investment of this system the ammount and form of the payment of the salaries of pedagogues will change. The certification will allow to define a salary, taking into consideration the retrianing and the titles they have received, as well as the working experience they have," Levon Mkrtchian mentioned.

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