YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 3, NOYAN TAPAN. The presentation of the work "Corruption in the Education System" by Bagrat Harutyunian, a post-graduate student and lecturer of Yerevan State University's Sociology Department, was held on February 3 at the Caucasus Research Resources Center. According to the author, the research results indicate that corruption has already been institutionalized in Armenia. "It is already a phenomenon of social significance, has its own language, it continuously spreads and is reproduced," B. Harutyunian said. According to him, his purpose was not to identify which higher educational institution or educational level is most corrupted, rather, he aimed to find out whether it is a fully formed institution or not. B. Harutyunian conducted surveys in 26 expertise groups and 8 focus groups for his research. The former group was composed of lecturers and experts, while the latter - of university students and schoolchildren of graduate forms.

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