YEREVAN, AUGUST 31, NOYAN TAPAN. "Qualified education has always been a supreme goal in our people's life. A generation with modern knowledge, rich, comprehensively developed one is the future of Armenia." It is said in RA President Robert Kocharian's congratulating message addressed to teachers, pupils and parents on the occasion of the day of Knowledge, September 1. "Educational reforms are today in the center of the authorities' special attention. They must be implemented by combining the best traditions and modern approaches. Educational programs must be aimed to preparing qualified personnel for the spheres of scientific economy, high technologies," is said in R.Kocharian's message submitted to Noyan Tapan by the RA President's Press Office. In the President's words, special attention must be paid to children having special educational needs: nobody must be left out of the comprehensive education process.

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