ArmInfo. The new school in the village of Kirants in the Tavush region is planned to be completed and commissioned in September of this year. This is stated in the message of the Urban Development Committee of Armenia. Yeghiazar Vardanyan, the head of the department, visited the construction sites today where work is currently underway as part of programs coordinated by the committee in the Tavush and Kotayk regions.
According to the source, in the Kotayk region, Vardanyan observed the construction progress of a "modular" type kindergarten designed for 144 children. In the Tavush region, the head of the Committee supervised the progress of a school construction in Kirants. "The construction is in its final stage," the department noted. It is important to mention that the newly built school in Kirants was located near the border due to the border delimitation.
The Ministry of Education and Science had previously assured that additional security measures would be implemented. However, if parents find these measures insufficient to ensure the safety of their children, the state is prepared to build a new school at a different location.
"We can use this building for other purposes," the minister said. Meanwhile, in an interview with PTA, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, responded to concerns about the school in the village of Kirants being located close to the border and visible, making it unsafe. He noted that although the village representatives claimed the opposite, it is still vulnerable. "After that meeting, I specifically invited our military and asked whether the village of Kirants and the school in Kirants are vulnerable today, whether they are under direct fire, and they answered - yes. This is the difference - today the school is under direct fire, with no obstacles between the school and the nearest Azerbaijani post. However, after the delimitation process there will be an obstacle in the form of a delimited border. This is what I am trying to convey to our dear villagers and city dwellers," Pashinyan said. In response to the host's remark that Azerbaijanis were visually distant before, and now schoolchildren will see them, the prime minister noted that there are still many unanswered questions until work is completed on the ground. "If we are talking about visual exposure, I say that we can plant a tree or build a wall," he stated.
