On Tuesday, August 26, Minister Oskanian addressed two dozen teachers from nearly a dozen countries who are in Yerevan for the summer, on a continuing education program.

Studying at the Spyurk Center, affiliated with the Abovian Pedagogical Institute, the teachers are studying Armenian language and literature in order to become better prepared as teachers in the Diaspora.

Those educators who live and work outside the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe also study Western Armenian at the Spyurk Center.

The Minister welcomed the teachers and expressed his appreciation for their dedication to their subjects and their students. He said such Armenia-Diaspora cooperation is desirable and necessary to build a common future. He responded to questions from the educators. The teachers expressed concern about the lack of movement or debate on coming to a consensus on a common alphabet, and how this obstructs their efforts to teach Armenian as a Second Language.