Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan attended the opening ceremony of the newly built secondary school in Parakar.
The cost of the project is 2 billion 189.9 million drams. The school was built with the co-financing of the Asian Development Bank's Seismic Safety Improvement Program. overcoming the period when visiting newly built schools was a stressful time.
"But we also knew and we know that yes, this is a learning process for both the Government and the construction industry, because there are indeed many nuances that are essential to align the work we do with the concept of construction," said Nikol Pashinyan, highlighting 300 According to the Prime Minister, they may have guessed from the beginning that yes, this is also a learning process, to manage and implement the program. to design, to evaluate, to manage the process, also to solve questions of economic efficiency, "but obviously we are learning and we are happy about it".
"And it is very important that we announce and do this, it is not by chance that we, specifically I, have set myself the task of being in all such schools personally, not only to emphasize the importance of the program, to learn that is part of the process, because it's one thing to talk about the operation of a theoretical school in a theoretical place, it's another thing to be there, to see people, to feel their emotions, to see the environment of course, it decorates the Etchmiadzin-Yerevan highway in its neighborhood and with its magnificent appearance, but I also regretted a little that the view is blocked by trees, but the trees are of course more important than the view," the head of state noted.
The Prime Minister emphasized that the school should teach children to live well, because it is very important that we give our children knowledge that is applicable to live well, precisely from the point of view of living well One of the biggest problems that plagues us, such as poverty, is largely and primarily related to education.
"If we want to study the cause-and-effect relationships of the poverty of any family, we will definitely have to deal with some kind of gap in education, there is simply no other option. It is very important that we go that way and contact the children at school we need to lower our level of pathos, school should be close to life, knowledge should be close to life, learning should be close to life and yes, children should come first in school to learn to live well.
This is not at all contrary to our traditional ideas about education, because children need to know that living well does not mean eating and drinking a lot, children need to know that living well means eating healthy, children need to know that living well means living an active life, being active, adopting a healthy lifestyle, children should know that respect for others, respect and receiving respect, rights and freedom of others is an integral part of living well respecting", the head of the country emphasized.
According to the Prime Minister, children should know that living well means having an environment free of violence and living in an environment free of violence.
The wealth that is formed through knowledge, work and the legal way is not only shameful, but also encouraging, desirable for the individual, the community, the society, and the state.
"And the wealth that is generated illegally, through corruption, in a criminal way, it is shameful and should be universally respected. In other words, a good life skill is a key factor that should be taught in schools, because children should know that you can live well being a good musician, you can live well being a good artist, you can live well being a good teacher," said the head of the country.
Noting that the process of voluntary certification of teachers is underway, the Prime Minister noted that there are criticisms, discussions and it is also a learning process for the Government and others. "Why are we doing this because we want the teacher to be able to? to make a good living with his work so that he, in turn, can impart good living skills to the students.
And finally, we must be able to convey to our children that a good life is possible only through work, but we must also be able to convey that a good life is not possible through all work, because work must be productive, work must be productive, work must be economically justified, etc., and so on.
Therefore, all this is in no way opposed to chemistry, physics, geography, social studies, or history, on the contrary, it is very important that all those subjects that we teach our children, we know why we are teaching them. not for some loud and disconnected words that the children themselves do not understand, in many cases we do not understand why we say it either, but for a very specific life, environment Nikol Pashinyan noted.
According to the head of the country, children should know that living well means taking care of the environment, especially in the 21st century if that environment is suitable for a good site, then it is possible to live well there, if it is not suitable for a good life, then it is not possible to live well.
"And, in our opinion, we have created a good environment for you to have this conversation between teachers, between teachers and students. In our opinion, this is for you to create, to think, to formulate what you think, to objectify what you have formulated, and to make what you objectify to others. and we want this school to strengthen you, dear children, to strengthen you physically, to strengthen you spiritually, to strengthen you mentally.
I agree with the director that all the conditions have been created, this school is handed over by the Government today to the community, students, teachers and these walls are still just walls and from Monday you will live it.
And these walls will be inspired by the breath that you will breathe into those walls during your work, your studies," said Nikol Pashinyan, expressing his wish that the walls of the school be full of life, creativity, creativity to live well, to live in a happy country, in a free country. to live, to live in an independent country, to live in a sovereign country, to live in a prosperous country, with the determination and belief that it will become a reality for all of us thanks to joint work.
"Once again, I would like to thank everyone who participated in the construction and creation of this school, and first of all congratulate the students, teachers, residents of Parakar, then all of us and the Republic of Armenia on the occasion of the opening of another school," concluded the Prime Minister.
