FINANCIAL AID TO TEKEYAN SCHOOLS

[MosJan]

FINANCIAL AID TO TEKEYAN SCHOOLS

The Tekeyan school of Stepanavan town of Lori marz has 220 students. The school is situated in the comparably poor district of the town, and consequently children of insecure families study here. According to the school’s English teacher Emma Badalian the school lacks schoolbooks, and the pupils of third and fourth grade do not have English book at all.

 

 

We found out about this when visiting Stepanavan’s school #6 named after Vahan Tekeyan with ADL Republican Board deputy chairman Haroutiun Arakelian and Republican Board member Mekhak Gevorgian December 24. The aim of the visit was to render financial aid allotted by the Tekeyan Cultural Union (TCU) of America and Canada to the teachers and technical staff of the Tekeyan school.

 

 

Together with all the problems the teachers of the school talked about the coming happy event- the old building of the school will be replaced by a newly built one. The teachers’ staff of the school thanked the Armenian Ramkavars and expressed a hope that one day the government of the country will set a worthy salary for teachers.

 

 

The rendered aid is the part of the program the TCU of America and Canada implements. As our readers already know the TCU renders financial support to all the teachers of Armenia’s Tekeyan schools- numbering 4, and having 300 teachers and 100 technical service staff. The goal of the program is to aid those people who educate and bring up the future generations of Armenia, but receive a very low salary for it. Daily Azg informed earlier that the TCU’s Central Board chairmen Vardgues Palian and his wife Rita Palian visited Armenia and rendered financial aid to Yerevan’s Tekeyan school. The financial aid was rendered to Karpi village’s Tekeyan school earlier in autumn. And a week ago TCU representatives visited Gyumri and delivered money to the teachers’ staff of the city’s Tekeyan school. ADL Republican Board representatives also delivered stationery to 250 most needy children of the Tekeyan schools.

 

 

Overall 35,000 USD were raised in USA by the initiative of TCU, and was allotted to the four Tekeyan schools of Armenia. Gyumri’s Tekeyan college, as a school of earthquake zone, received 800 USD for heating expanses this year.

 

 

It is noteworthy that American-Armenian children also raised money for helping their brothers and sisters. The students of TCU’s Arshak Tigranian college of Los Angeles raised 2,000 USD for their friends of Gyumri’s Tekeyan college. The pupils of Gyumri’s Tekeyan school will receive the financial aid after the New Year holidays.