YEREVAN, DECEMBER 21, NOYAN TAPAN. According to the results of the sociological survey initiated by the Social-Democrat Hnchakian Party in 2006 December at state universities of Armenia, in the opinion of 1821 out of 2000 respondent-students, there is corruption at Armenian universities. This was mentioned in the report submitted to NT by the party. It is also mentioned that according to the survey data, 96% of 250 respondent-students at Yerevan State Agrarian University answered that there is corruption at the University. 83% of them confessed that they have given bribe: they have paid 20 dollars for quizes and up to 50 dollars for exams. In the opinion of almost all students, lecturers treat well students giving them bribe. The majority of students interrogated at Yerevan Mkhitar Heratsi State Medical University also answered that there is corruption in their University and they also have given bribe to the lecturers. The prices are a little higher here: the majority of students have given 200 dollars and more for exams and 100-200 dollars for quizes. The student council impeded the survey at this University. 85.5% of 300 students interrogated at Yerevan State Engineering University considers that there is corruption at their University, but only 20% respondents personally have given bribe. 81% respondents at the Economic University answered that the University is corrupted. At a number of higher educational institutions, Yerevan V.Brusov State Linguistic University, Yerevan State University, Academy of Art, Yerevan State Conservatory and State Institute of Cinema and Theater, a lower percent of students considers that there is bribery at their educational institution. Almost all respondents propose raising salaries of lecturers and making internal discipline stricter at educational institutions as the best way of liquidating corruption.

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