Powers of principal of Yerevan school # 27 suspended

During the investigation into abuses revealed at Yerevan secondary school # 27, a decision was taken - based on the instructions of the prosecutor of Yerevan’s Shengavit district - to suspend temporarily the powers of the school principal Ms. Susanna Sargsyan due to the fact that she may obstruct the investigation in case of continuing the hold her position.

In particular, investigators discovered that in 2009-2012 the principal signed 6 labor contracts with various persons who didn’t perform their duties, but salaries were paid for them, and those sums were embezzled by the principal.

As part of the criminal case opened by the Shengavit investigative unit of the police, on August 28 S. Sargsyan was charged under Article 179 parts 1 and 3 and Article 314 of the RA Criminal Code. A recognizance not to leave the place was chosen as a measure of restraint against her.