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The Minister of Education and Science of Armenia Armen Ashotyan has approved the criteria and teaching materials for narrow-specialty subjects in the sphere of ICT, the press service of VivaCell-MTS said.

The program is implemented in 5 high schools of Armenia and is aimed at fostering the ICT sphere as one of the most important components and top priority directions of the country’s economic, scientific and technical development.

The project on specialized ICT education is implemented by the RA Ministry of Education and Science, VivaCell-MTS, Synopsis Armenia and Unicomp as stipulated by the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Ministry and the above-mentioned companies on March 30, 2015.

At a joint press conference held today at the Ministry of Education and Science of Armenia, VivaCell-MTS General Manager Ralph Yirikian, director of Synopsis Armenia Hovik Musayelyan, Chief Executive Officer of Unicomp Armen Baldryan, and the RA Minister of Education and Science Armen Ashotyan presented the progress and the preliminary results of the project.

Ahead of the beginning of the academic year 2015-2016, Armenia’s leading telecommunications operator VivaCell-MTS supported and actively participated in the development of the criteria and the teaching materials for the “Basics of Telecommunication” and the training of instructors. The Company has also financed the opening of the “Microelectronics”, “Information Technologies” and “Basics of Telecommunication” laboratories. In general, VivaCell-MTS has allocated over AMD 70 million for the implementation of the program.

Synopsis Armenia has had its part in developing the criteria and the teaching materials for the “Microelectronics”; the training of the teachers of the subject as well were carried out by the organization.

Unicomp has participated in the process of developing the criteria and the teaching materials for the “Information Technologies” and has held the training of its teachers. The laboratories and respective computer networks for the “Microelectronics” “Information Technologies” and “Basics of Telecommunication” are currently under construction.

The goals and objectives set by the project of introducing ICT courses at high schools reflect shared commitment of the Ministry from one side, and ICT leaders VivaCell-MTS, Synopsis Armenia and Unicomp, from the other, to raise the quality of narrow-specialty education in the sphere of ICT, through introduction of methodologies, based on modern theoretical and practical innovative knowledge accumulated by the companies. The joint project is focused on creating better opportunities for the young people in Armenia in making vocational preferences in the fields of Information Technologies, Telecommunications and Microelectronics.

The project is implemented in 5 educational institutions throughout the country including the Gyumri-based “Photon” college, Yerevan-based “Quantum” college, the Vanadzor specialized school of mathematics and natural sciences, the Yerevan High School of the Armenian State Engineering University, and the Artashes Shahinyan specialized school of physics and mathematics.
“The participation of VivaCell-MTS in the ICT educational project is conditioned by our vision of Armenia as a country where high technologies are not only widely applied in the production but also a country offering innovation of its own creation to the world. Telecommunications, microelectronics and information technologies are the essential drivers of the economic growth. This unprecedented educational project will also have a solid social impact as it will help meet the demand on the job market and help the Armenian youth stay and work in Armenia,” VivaCell-MTS General Manager Ralph Yirikian said,” VivaCell-MTS General Manager Ralph Yirikian said.