Mkhitar Sebastatsi Educational Complex

Mkhitar Sebastatsi Educational Complex (Armenian: Մխիթար Սեբաստացի կրթահամալիր), is a state-owned school located in the Malatia-Sebastia District of Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. The school is named after the prominent Armenian scholar and theologian Mkhitar Sebastatsi of the 18th century.^[1]

Mkhitar Sebastatsi Educational Complex Մխիթար Սեբաստացի կրթահամալիր
Address
Raffi street 57 Yerevan Armenia
Information
Type	Public
Established	1984
Founders	Ashot Dabaghyan, Ashot Manucharyan, Ashot Bleyan
Principal	Ashot Bleyan
Grades	Pre-school 1 - 12
Colour(s)	Red and white
Athletics	Basketball, handball, athletics
Affiliations	Ministry of Education of Armenia
Languages	Armenian, English, Russian
Website	Official website

Overview

The school was founded in 1984 as School No. 183 by Ashot Dabaghyan, Ashot Manucharyan, and Ashot Bleyan.^[1][2] The school was granted "experimental" status by the Soviet Armenian Ministry of Education in 1987 and expanded into a complex in 1989.^[1] It played a key role in the Karabakh movement during perestroika and one of its founders Ashot Manucharyan; was a member of the Karabakh Committee.^[3] Its current principal is Ashot Bleyan.^[1]

Structure

The structure of the complex is as follows:

• Kindergarten
• Primary school
• Middle school
• High school
• Art school for juniors
• Art school for seniors
• Crafts school for seniors
• Sports school
• Music and dance school

References

1. Aghajanyan, Lilit (24 November 2012). "'Mkhitar Sebastatsi' Educational Complex – How Did It All Begin?". Mkhitar Sebastatsi Educational Complex. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
2. Malkasian, Mark (1996). "Gha-ra-bagh!": The Emergence of the National Democratic Movement in Armenia. Detroit: Wayne State University Press. pp. 79–81. ISBN 978-0814326046.
3. Smith, Hedrick (1990). The New Russians. New York: Random House. p. 328. ISBN 978-0394581903.

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