Responding to allegations made by Ararat Mirzoyan now circulating on the pages of Facebook, that his work contract with Yerevan State University (YSU) hadn’t been renewed because he criticized the school administration, in particular YSU Rector Assistant Gevorg Melkonyan, for his uncalled for behaviour on February 27, the university has issued a statement claiming that Mirzoyan’s original contract was for 27 hours of instruction.

YSU says that Mirzoyan’s contract with the school expired on December 30, 2012.

Thus, YSU maintains that in 2013 Mirzoyan was no longer considered an instructor at the school.

YSU thus argues that Mirzoyan has circulated false information on his Facebook page that he wasn’t offered an extension of his work contract.

YSU also claims that the correspondence course Mirzoyan was teaching to cultural studies students is usually filled by in-house staff and not by instructors paid on a per-hour basis.

YSU, in its statement, says that the correspondence course in Masters Cultural Studies will be taught by Profesor L. Chougaszyan, a permanent member of the teaching staff that conducts the same course on campus.