ArmInfo.Many Armenian children will remain uneducated because of poverty, Suren Parsyan, Economic Research Officer, ARF-D Bureau, wrote on his Facebook page.
"And how long will it go on?" he queried.
The soaring inflation and inadequate increase in salaries and benefits have forced many families to cut their expenses and borrow money to send their children to school. This affects the families' living standards.
Referring to the WB Poverty Profile for Armenia 2009-2020, Mr Parsyan writes that:
Children aged 6-9 are 7.1% of Armenia's poor population. They are 5.4% of Armenia's total population.
Children aged 10-14 are 7.3% of Armenia's population. They are 6.1% of the country's total population.
Children aged 15-17 are 4.3% of Armenia's population or 3.5% of the country's total population.
"So amid economic growth in Armenia people remain poor. Many children are living in poverty and cannot attend school on regular basis. After all, statesmen must realize that children living in poor families are most likely to remain poor in the future because they are not receiving high-quality education now. A country that declared itself a welfare state cannot be satisfied with empty words and allow children to live in poverty," he writes.
According to the preliminary data of Armenia's Statistical Committee, 13.1% growth in economic activity was recorded in Armenia this January-July as compared with last January-July, with 19.4% economic growth this July as compared with last July.
