Hasmik Poghosyan: ‘The Educational Part of the Jazz College will be preserved’

YEREVAN, JANUARY 27, ARMENPRESS: Reorganization of ‘Yerevan state college of estrade-jazz art’ and ‘Yerevan state college of art’ state non commercial organizations is intended according to the 1005 decision, the RA government adopted August 6, 2010. The decision caused a keen response in the society. RA Culture Minister Hasmik Poghosyan said today at a meeting with journalists that those, who caused doubts in the society, are connected neither with the students, nor with the lecturers.

‘They just tended to spread misinformation, according to which they had not been aware of the decision and the ministry had made a secret decision,’ Hasmik Poghosyan said. She added that before the adoption of the decision she convened a gathering of all the heads for the provision of information. Besides, the minister said, all the decisions by the RA government are being posted on the official website. ‘We just started works, which do not hinder the creative, educational process, and they started to worry about that,’ the minister said.

She added that the educational part of the jazz college will be preserved, and that ‘it is quite natural there will be changes in the administrative part‘. The minister did not provide any information on the new principal of the college, however she mentioned that she does not have a right to show biased attitude in that issue.