Armenian plenipotentiary structures do not respond to scandal in  Israel, related to the diplomas of Armenian medical universities

ArmInfo.Armenian plenipotentiary structures do not respond to scandal in Israel, related to  the diplomas of Armenian medical universities.

According to The Marker Israeli newspaper, Israel Health Care  Ministry has not approved the diplomas of students who received an  education in Armenia for more than a year. Moreover, the Ministry  appealed to the Police to find out the validity of the diplomas  issued to foreign students by Armenian medical universities.

In order to obtain clarifications on the current situation, ArmInfo  has applied to some medical schools and to authorized bodies.  However, it turned out that this topic does not interest  plenipotentiary state structures, each of which tried to blame  responsibility for another.

Thus, Anahit Haytayan,  press secretary of Ministry of HealthCare  told ArmInfo   that this issue is not within the scope of the  Ministry's powers and advised to apply to the Ministry of Education  and Science.

However, the answer of the spokesman of the Ministry of Education and  Science Luchine Markaryan was even more discouraging. According to  Markaryan, the Ministry of Education and Science deals with global  issues related to education, legislative regulation of the system,  but not by individual educational institutions. From the words of the  press secretary, it can be concluded that the international image of  Armenian universities is not a global problem that is part of the  interests, powers and competence of the Ministry of Education and  Science. At the same time, Markaryan was not too lazy to give advice  to address this issue to the medical universities of the country.

Following the advice of the ministry's press secretary, ArmInfo tried  to take a comment from the Yerevan State Medical University named  after Mkhitar Heratsi. Thus, press secretary of YSMU Shushan  Danielyan stated that the information of the Israeli media does not  refer to the YSMU. Moreover, according to her, students graduating  from this university, occupy leading positions in the field of public  health and in international medical organizations. "It is important  to note that of all medical universities in the country, only Heratsi  University has the accreditation of the National Center for the  Quality of Vocational Education. In addition, over the past 6 years,  the University graduated 10 students from Israel and no problems or  complaints about their professional activities were received by the  University. I will also add that graduates of our university work in  40 countries around the world, and now more than 1,700 students from  26 countries, including Israel, receive training at the M. Heratsi  State Medical University. And also more than 4200 successful  graduates of our university work in professional medical  organizations in different countries of the world. Recently, the  official bodies of Jordan recognized and tested all the medical  specialties and basic qualifications of our university, "Danielyan  said.

What about private medical schools, Armenian Medical University  administration told ArmInfo correspondent that the scandal that  erupted in Israel concerns diplomas given by another private  educational institution - the Haybusak University. As for the  "Armenian Medical University" itself, according to the  administration, they never had students from abroad, since there are  no specialists who teach at the proper level in English and the  necessary educational material in foreign languages. "So, we have  never had foreign students in the history of the university and we  will not have in the near future>,the university informs. A similar  response was received from another private medical college of the  Mehrabyan University.

To note, Haybusak University representatives refused to  comment on  the phone  on the current situation.  Earlier, the Israeli edition  The Marker reported that the Israeli police are verifying the  complaint filed by Health Care Ministry  of the country over the  diplomas issued to medical universities  in Armenia. The Israeli  Ministry of Health suspects that these documents may be false. It is  reported on the activities of the whole industry, transferring Arab  students to Armenia who could not continue their studies at  well-known universities and who are finishing their education in  Armenia. According to The Marker, the head of the Association of  Dentists in the Arab Sector Phari Hassan, Israel has special agents  who find Arab students studying medicine or dentistry in countries  such as Jordan, Germany or Italy that did not cope with the initial  stage of training. For these students, for a fee, agents (also  Arabians) are offered to move to Armenia, which includes housing and  training at local universities. Students move to Armenia, where they  are met by a representative of this industry, also an Arab who cares  about their needs. In institutions where they start training, it is  not necessary to retake the passed course, they start their studies  immediately from the second or third year of training, and receive  diplomas for five years of study. However, it is not clear whether  they studied at these universities at all. The publication notes that  on the basis of these certificates, the Ministry of Health of Israel  has not approved the diplomas of students returning from Armenia for  more than a year.  Also in Israel issued a special warning that  students wishing to receive training in Armenia should take into  account that their diplomas may not be accepted. In Israel, the  publications report that the Armenian authorities recently began to  investigate this issue after revealing a large influx of Israelis and  students from various Arab countries.