Visits to Tekeyan
Schools in Gyumri and Stepanavan
By Varujan
Sirapian,
President
of Institut Tchobanian, Paris
Yerevan,
October 5th, 2013
As each
year, Tekeyan Association, bring assistance to the employees, teachers but also
auxiliaries, of Tekeyan Schools in Armenia by distributing a certain sum of
money.
During my
third visit to Armenia this year, end of September, I was
invited by Tekeyan Center of Yerevan, to
accompany them to visit Gyumri and Stepanavan schools. Of course I accepted the
invitation with delight.
I new that
the Tekeyan schools are well organized, clean and pleasant to frequent. My
first visit took place in octobre 2001, to Tekeyan school of Sebastia, near Yerevan and I kept a very good souvenir.
So on
September, 26th, I accompanied Gayane Muratyan and Karekin Kevorkian
to Gyumri Tekeyan School. I was delighted to see the good
conditions in which the students are welcomed. Beside I was happy to find out
that there was a French language classroom in that school. As one of Institut
Tchobanian’s purposes is the enhancement of the “Francophonie” in Armenia (which is a full member of
Francophonie since 2012) I proposed to offer some books in French language to Gyumri Tekeyan School’s library.
The next
day we went to Stepanavan Tekeyan School. Again I was agreeably surprised to
see a very modern school, with a theater and a very up to date gymnasium. I can
say that even in France it’s rare to find a school as clean
as this one. Not a tag on walls, pupils well dressed and very respectful toward
their teachers and visitors.
It’s
useless to describe the satisfaction of the employees as they received one by
one their envelopes. Their sheer salaries are far from to match the effort and commitment
they put in their everyday work. So even the slightest aid brought by Tekeyan Center is of great help for them.
I also
appreciated the serious and professional job conducted by Gayane Muratyan
controlling one by one every single envelope attributed to the employees of
Tekeyan.
