Gegharkouniq Principal: "We now have Yerevan and a 150 kilometer border of empty communities.=?UTF-8?B?4oCd?=

10:26, November 26, 2012

Residents in the border villages in Armenia's Gegharkouniq Province are leaving in greater numbers every year.

Simple proof of this is the decreasing enrollment of area schools. Families just don't see a future for themselves in the province. Local school principals have voiced their concerns that if the trends continue this section of Armenia's border with Azerbaijan will be empty of Armenians altogether.

Artash Khloyan, principal of the Kakhakn village high school, told Hetq that in 1996 the school had 117 students. Today, that number has dropped to 40. So has the number of grades; from ten to six.  Read more... (427 words)

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