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"We often declare that the state should take responsibility for education, yet over the past 30 years the state has not been held responsible for the failures, including in the education sector," lawmaker Sofya Sahakyan said on Wednesday during the parliamentary debates on the package of bills on higher education and science .

In her words, the primary task remains to make the state responsible for the education.

"For any failure in the sector, the state should take the responsibility, likewise it should be commended for any success. The increase in science funding should be the main policy of the state. 4% of the budget allocation should be directed to science. It this is not recorded  and clarified, only in words we can blame the state for a failure," said the parliamentarian.

Hovsepyan noted that in the post-war reality, the increase in funding to science will be difficult.  However, the law should envisage the amount and fix it to work at some point.