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Education | 24.06.10 | 13:38

Passed: Parliament majority backs controversial school bill

By Gayane Mkrtchyan
ArmeniaNow reporter
Armenian lawmakers on Thursday voted overwhelmingly to adopt a controversial package of amendments to the country’s legislation that allows a limited number of schools to teach curricula in a language other than Armenian.

With a vote of 71 to 13, with one abstention the government-drafted amendments to the laws ‘On the Language’ and ‘On General Education’ have cleared the first reading at a special parliament meeting and will go for a second-reading discussion and voting when the National Assembly convenes for a plenary session in fall.

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