{"id":280745,"date":"2017-05-22T13:29:09","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T09:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/epress.am\/?p=280745"},"modified":"2017-05-22T13:31:11","modified_gmt":"2017-05-22T09:31:11","slug":"parents-civic-initiative-urges-anti-corruption-fight-in-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/2017\/05\/22\/parents-civic-initiative-urges-anti-corruption-fight-in-schools.html","title":{"rendered":"Parents\u2019 Civic Initiative Urges Anti-Corruption Fight in Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s high time that we started taking specific measures against money collection and other illegal activities taking place in Armenian educational institutions, the <strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><a style=\"color: #003366;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/1024700740995721\/\">Civic Education Initiative of Parents<\/a><\/span><\/strong> said in a statement. The civic initiative, which was formed by a group of parents over the last year, has declared a goal to ensure that there is social justice, accountability and transparency in Armenia\u2019s education system and that everyone has access to a quality education.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe [graduating classes] have their examinations scheduled for late May and early June, and the parents, mostly on their own initiative, hold feasts for the examination boards. It\u2019s time we eradicated this \u00a0bourgeois and ugly phenomenon; it does not bring honor neither to the teacher, nor the school and the initiators.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s high time that we started taking specific measures against money collection and other illegal activities taking place in educational institutions. The effectiveness of these measures depends not so much on the directives of the Ministry of Education, as on our &#8211; the parents\u2019 &#8211; active and united efforts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the sake of our children, let\u2019s not blemish their education environment; we should not express our gratitude towards the teachers in the form of gifts (if it\u2019s not a flower or a card) and other material benefits.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s keep in mind that gifts and financial aid are outright corrupt phenomena which have no place in democratic societies. Only in a courteous and unbiased educational environment can our child develop as a free, creative, legally aware, diligent and responsible citizen\u2026 Do not make teachers dependent on gifts because it keeps them from expecting and demanding adequate remuneration and social benefits from the state,\u201d the statement reads.<\/p>\n<p>The group of parents urges everyone to make consolidated efforts to ensure the elimination of the problematic phenomenon through photographing and videotaping the gifts and the feasts and sending the materials to the initiative\u2019s e-mail address at <span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>krtakan2017@gmail.com<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe promise to publish [the tapes and the photos]. What\u2019s more, the \u00a0evidence will help us to be more decisive in our demands for reforms. We guarantee confidentiality and anonymity of the sender; the publication will only mention the name of the school and the examination during which the photo\/video was taken,\u201d the authors say.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s high time that we started taking specific measures against money collection and other illegal activities taking place in educational institutions. The effectiveness of these&#8230;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tstyn_error":""},"categories":[66049],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280745"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280745\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}