As ARMENPRESS wa sinformed from the Office of the Prime MInister of Armeni, Pashinyan gave a speech, which runs as follows,
“Dear teachers, alumni and dear students of Yerevan State University,
Dear Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports,
Dear Members of Government,
National Assembly Members,
Dear Guests,
On May 16, 1919, the Armenian government decided to establish a state university in Armenia, and that decision became one of the most important events in the life of our short-lived First Republic, which was destined to play a crucial role in the future life of our people.
The fact that the History and Linguistics Department was the first faculty of the university shows the practical and state significance that this educational, scientific institution should have in our life. In fact, the task was set to formulate our new state identity, because centuries later we became a nation and nation with statehood, and in the new circumstances the task arose of formulating our new identity, studying and classifying our heritage. And it was precisely this task that Yerevan State University successfully solved by formulating the most important values of our past, current history and laying them at the foundation of our new state identity.
When we list which names were associated with Yerevan State University or, more precisely, which names created this university, its history becomes more valuable for our reality: Hakob Manandyan, Stepanos Malkhasyants, Manuk Abeghyan, Grigor Kapantsyan and so on. Finally, our cultural heritage was regulated at Yerevan State University, which should also form the basis of our new state identity. And the result of all this, in the end, was demonstrated in 1965 through our national awakening, which later also became the basis and cause of a new cultural revival.
It was as a result of this that in 1988 our people experienced a new revival, with which, as a new heir, it was to become the master of his new national identity. And in our history of the 20th century, Yerevan State University was indeed the cornerstone and had a turning point.
Of course, the new conditions have led to shocks in all areas of our society. It has already been said - we survived the earthquake, we survived the war, we experienced the need to build a new state, and in all this we had many losses, there were also many achievements, however, by and large, we can say that in the education system we are more faced difficulties than they were able to solve these difficulties.
However, I want to believe that the new ...
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