YEREVAN, OCTOBER 16, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. 2338 Armenian Diasporan students have started their education in the higher educational institutions of Armenia since October 1. 1924 of them study in state and 335 in non-state higher educational institutions, and 79 in middle special educational institutions. According to the information provided to a Noyan Tapan correspondent by the RA Ministry of Education and Science, the prevailing part of students, that is 1152, are from Georgia, 390 from Iran, 315 from Russia and 139 from Syria. According to the same source, most of the 70 state order places, that is 45, have been allocated to the State Pedagogical University of Armenia to the Armenology and pedagogics specialities. The Armenian Diasporan entrants enter Armenian higher educational institutions without taking an examination, that is to say, by an interview.

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