YEREVAN, AUGUST 2, NOYAN TAPAN. As of August 2, appeals against scores of 894 written examinations taken by entrants to Armenian higher educational institutions have been submitted, as a result of which 179 scores have been raised. Ruben Topchian, Director of the Calculating Center of the Republican Commission on Entrance Examinations, told reporters on August 2 that the greatest number of appeals (226) were filed regarding written maths papers. Only in one case, the score was raised by 2 points: a written paper on Russian. R. Topchian said that 55 double appeals have been received by the commission so far. Scores of 13 written papers have been raised (by 1.3 points in the maximum), while two scores have been lowered by 1 point each. According to him, until now 1,351 entrants have been absent from their exams, exams have been interrupted because of 28 ones, and new emamination days have been fixed for 513 entrants. R. Topchain said that high scores of English and Armenian exams are indicative of the fact that these tests were not difficult. 26 entrants have already dropped out of the competition for the speciality "Law", 21 entrants - for "Journalism" and 44 ones - for "the Armenian language and literature".

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