06 05 21 - Iranian Armenian students in Kolkata visit their families

IRANIAN ARMENIAN STUDENTS VISIT THEIR PARENTS
For the first time since their enrollment three years ago in the Armenian College and Philanthropic Academy (ACPa), a group of Iranian Armenian students (24 in number) headed home to spend summer vacations with parents, relatives and friends in Iran.
The students were accompanied in their journey back with Ararad Yeghigian and ex-student of the Academy and the current representative in Iran, who arrived earlier to Kolkata specifically for this purpose. During his visit to the Academy Yeghigian had meetings with the administration of the school and examined closely the living conditions of the students. He was briefed on their future educational prospects. Following his tour Yeghigian pointed out that, although the Academy is facing different sorts of challenges, but recent developments have clrealy shown that the situation is changing positively toward a brighter future.
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