YEREVAN, JULY 13, NOYAN TAPAN. The draft On General Education and the package of amendments in a number of functioning laws, resulted from it were adopted in the second, then in the third reading and completely at the National Assembly's special meeting convened on the Armenian government's initiative on July 10. According to it, the state policy principles in the sphere of general education system, the organization-legal and financial-economic bases are particularly defined. Bases of the right for education, compulsory general education and free secondary education fixed by the Constitution are also guaranteed. As main and adjacent reporters mentioned, Minister of Education and Science Armen Ashotian and member of the NA Standing Committee on Science, Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Issues and of the Zharangutiun (Heritage) faction Anahit Bakhshian, the oddessey of adoption of this legislative initiative discussed at the parliament since 2005 was finished. It was also mentioned that during this period of time, this draft was edited many times, based on proposals of all the political forces, and a legislative package having a logic which is in keeping with solution of the problems raised today in the sphere of general education was adopted as a result. The NA also certified two credit agreements. Newly-appointed member of the Constitutional court Manuk Topuzian's oath ceremony took place. The parliament finished actvity of the special session without interruption, in three hours, exhausting the agenda.

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