Representatives elected by the workers’ meeting of Goris State Agricultural College named after Professor Kh. Yeritsyan, in accordance with Clause 1.1 of Article 74 of the RA Labor Code, announce that the college’s workforce will organize a warning strike for three days: from 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM on October 10, 2025, for two hours, and an indefinite strike on October 15, 2025, starting at 9:00 AM.
This was announced by the elected representative body of the workers’ meeting of Goris State Agricultural College named after Professor Kh. Yeritsyan.
The statement also reads: “By declaring a strike, we inform you that
The terms of the strike are as follows:
Suspension of the hasty, unfounded decision to liquidate Goris State Agricultural College and reorganize the two Goris state colleges, and a joint discussion of the issues troubling the college staff in the current temporary college building.
We have conveyed to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, the Minister of Education, Science, and Technology of the Republic of Armenia, and the Governor of Syunik the concerns of the entire staff of the Agricultural College regarding the Government’s decision to liquidate Goris State Agricultural College and Goris State College and establish a multifunctional college.
The college is undertaking numerous efforts to enhance the attractiveness of agricultural majors, which require additional effort, and the merger will undoubtedly complicate the work of combining the extensive career guidance work of the two colleges in completely different areas.
The newly constructed standard building of the Agricultural College is designed for 500 students. The college, previously designed for 900-1,000 students, will reach its current student capacity within the next four to five years, according to the Strategic Development Program.
Space infeasibility: construction and renovation of a new building is still a long way off, and it is impractical.
For the two parts of the newly created college to function, they must be located in different parts of the city, quite far from each other.
Staffing situation: There are numerous problems, including the expected reduction of an already dense staff, the promotion of people unfamiliar with the field to the director’s position, and other positions.
The justification for not holding competitions clearly violates the interests of a person certified in agricultural college management and with outstanding success as acting director for almost two years, and the cessation of this obvious violation of the interests of a recognized agricultural educational institution by introducing the bizarre principle of “Neither he nor she, but a third party” without any clear explanation.