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Jermik Ankyun resident Anahit Baghramyan rides Salma, a hippotherapy horse saved by Centaur from slaughter. Baghramyan, who was abandoned as a child and lived at a few different orphanages until moving to Jermik Ankyun in 2008, later serenaded the crowd with her singing talent. (Photo credit: K. Shamlian)

On a blazing summer day in a village named Ushi, Davit Mamikyan, a resident of Jermik Ankyun, Armenia’s first home for physically and mentally handicapped adults, cautiously climbed onto a chestnut-colored horse named Salma. The [...]

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Learn Armenian with the Aid of a Computer

by Aris Sevag | June 27th, 2011 | 2 comments

Editor’s note: The following is a translation of an article original published by H. Asatrian of the Orer Armenian publication in Prague. We’ve prepared a translated version for Ararat readers to better familiarize them with [...]

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An Armenian school in Tatev, Armenia / image via flickr.com/eudaemonist

The Debate Over Foreign-Language Schools in Armenia

by Anna Kartashyan | March 7th, 2011 | 5 comments

Education is what survives when what has been learnt has been forgotten. — B.F. Skinner In April 2010, the Armenian government proposed a bill of amendments to the Armenian laws “On Language” and “On General Education.” [...]

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