{"id":107,"date":"2016-08-10T16:13:51","date_gmt":"2016-08-10T16:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/?page_id=107"},"modified":"2016-09-22T14:07:23","modified_gmt":"2016-09-22T14:07:23","slug":"armenia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/armenia\/","title":{"rendered":"Armenia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"carouselwrap\"><div id=\"menu-armenia\" class=\"carouselmenu\"><a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/armenia\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>Introduction<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/armenia\/the-mathematics-curriculum-in-primary-and-lower-secondary-grades-2\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>The Mathematics Curriculum in Primary and Lower Secondary Grades<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/armenia\/the-science-curriculum-in-primary-and-lower-secondary-grades-2\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>The Science Curriculum in Primary and Lower Secondary Grades<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/armenia\/teachers-teacher-education-and-professional-development-2\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>Teachers, Teacher Education, and Professional Development<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/armenia\/instruction-for-mathematics-and-science-in-primary-and-lower-secondary-grades-2\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>Instruction for Mathematics and Science in Primary and Lower Secondary Grades<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/armenia\/monitoring-student-progress-in-mathematics-and-science-2\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>Monitoring Student Progress in Mathematics and Science<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/armenia\/use-and-impact-of-timss-2\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>Use and Impact of TIMSS<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/armenia\/suggested-readings-2\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>Suggested Readings<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/armenia\/references\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>References<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/div><\/div>\t<style>\n\t\t.carouselwrap{\n\t\t\tbackground: #e5eaef;\n\t\t}\t\t\n\t\t.owl-item a{\n\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff;\n\t\t\tborder: 4px #00b2cc solid;\n\t\t\tcolor: #000000;\n\t\t}\t\t\n\t\t.owl-item a:hover,\n\t\t.owl-item a:focus,\n\t\t.owl-item a.current-menu-item{\n\t\t\tbackground: #00667f;\n\t\t\tborder: 4px #00b2cc solid;\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tcolor: #ffffff;\n\t\t}\n\t<\/style>\n\t\n<div class=\"names\">Arsen Baghdasaryan<br \/>\nLusine Atoyan<\/div>\n<h2>Overview of Education System<\/h2>\n<p>Article 35 of the first constitution of the Republic of Armenia,<sup>1<\/sup> adopted in 1995, stipulates that every citizen has the right to education, education is free of charge in state secondary education institutions, and every citizen has the right to receive professional education free of charge on a competitive basis in state professional education institutions. The National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia adopted the <em>Law on Education<\/em><sup>2<\/sup> on April 14, 1999, which guided the subsequent development and reform of Armenia\u2019s education system.<\/p>\n<h3>Languages of Instruction<\/h3>\n<p>Armenian is the official language of Armenia and the official language of instruction.<sup>3<\/sup> The population of Armenia is approximately 3 million and comprises Armenian (approximately 98 percent), Yezidi, Russian, Assyrian, and Greek populations, and other subpopulations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsen Baghdasaryan Lusine Atoyan Overview of Education System Article 35 of the first constitution of the Republic of Armenia,1 adopted in 1995, stipulates that every citizen has the right to education, education is free of charge in state secondary education &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/armenia\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":129,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-107","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6318,"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/107\/revisions\/6318"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}