Article 14 of the RA Law on Education, which was adopted on 14 April 1999, provides the rights of the learners as well as the creation of conditions necessary for everyday life, food, health maintenance, leisure, physical and psychological development of learners.
Involvement of learners in work without their and/or their parents’ (adopters or curator) consent shall be prohibited. Application of methods of physical or psychological pressure in respect of learners shall be prohibited.
Relevant general education institutions may be established, as prescribed by the authorized public administration body for education, for children having demonstrated exceptional abilities.
The State shall ensure the instruction of children deprived of parental care and those without parental care at state general education institutions.
Financing of general education institutions for learners with special educational needs shall be carried out in increased amounts.
Learners at state primary vocational (handicraft), middle level vocational and higher professional education institutions shall receive scholarship under the procedure and in the amounts established by the Government of the Republic of Armenia.
Learners at military education institutions shall be provided with pecuniary satisfaction, uniforms, food and accommodation, as prescribed by the law of the Republic of Armenia.
Learners at middle level vocational and higher professional education institutions shall have the right to receive a second profession on a fee-paid basis at the institution concerned or in another institution, as prescribed by the authorized public administration body for education.
Learners shall, in case of successfully passing the attestation, have the right to be transferred to another educational institution implementing educational programs of a relevant level, as prescribed by the authorized public administration body for education.
