Brusov State University students protest in Yerevan
Students and lecturers from the Yerevan Brusov State University of Languages and Social Sciences on Monday staged a protest in the Armenian capital against its planned merger with two other universities.
The protest comes after the Armenian government announced plans to merge the Brusov State University and the State Institute of Physical Culture and Sport into the Pedagogical University.
The protesters marched from the university to Republic Square in downtown Yerevan, chanting "Brusov students will win", "We demand justice" and "We reject merger".
“Don’t spoil the quality of education! Efforts to build a prosperous country cannot succeed without high quality education,” one of the protesting students said, thanking the university professors for joining them.