Levon Mkrtchyan promised to "punish" higher education institutions  that cast a shadow on the Armenian education system

ArmInfo.The provision of fake diplomas by some higher education institutions of Armenia, although not of a mass nature, nevertheless, must be eradicated. Minister of 

Education and Science of Armenia Levon Mkrtchyan stated this in a 

conversation with journalists.

"If the investigation proves that some universities have provided 

false diplomas, the licensing procedure for these educational 

institutions will be reviewed. Nobody has the right make  the quality 

of the education system in Armenia suspicious,"  the minister said, 

stressing that the same applies to the country's medical schools that 

provided false diplomas to foreign students and the outbreak of a 

scandal in Israel.

The minister recalled that in connection with this incident the 

department appealed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the country 

to obtain more accurate information from the Israeli side about 

students and universities that received and provided false diplomas. 

"When this information becomes clear, the guilty institutions will be 

held liable - if this is a private educational institution, it will 

lose its license, if it is a state institution, it will be held 

accountable in accordance with the requirements of the law," 

Mkrtchyan promised.

To mention,  recently a scandal erupted in Israel due to the fact 

that some Armenian universities provide false diplomas to foreign 

students. The case even dealt with Israeli law enforcement. In a 

conversation with the ArmInfo correspondent, the representatives of 

the Yerevan State Medical University, the Mehrabian Medical 

University, the Armenian Medical University categorically denied the 

possibility of their participation in such machinations. However, 

representatives of some universities hinted that the scandal is 

connected with the diplomas provided by the University of Haybusak, 

ArmInfo was not able to receive comments from this university.

It should be noted that the issue related to false diplomas of 

Armenian universities is in the focus of attention of the National 

Security Service. In particular, according to the materials of the 

National Security Service, the rectors of three universities were 

detained, among them the rector of the St. Theresa Medus University.