Investments in engineering laboratories in Armenia’s schools to pay back by 2018

YEREVAN, October 30. /ARKA/. Installation of engineering laboratories in all 1,400 secondary schools in Armenia costing about 8 billion drams will pay back by 2018, executive director of the Union of Information Technology Enterprises (UITE) Karen Vardanyan told reporters on Wednesday.

The feasibility study for the projects has been already completed, Vardanyan said. Starting from 2015, engineering laboratories will be installed in 200 schools every semester, he said.

Investments will pay back by the end of 2018 as people who studied in schools in 2015-2018 will start paying taxes at that time. 

Along with this, each Armenian IT company will be patronizing one of the secondary schools and telling children what they do, Vardanyan said.

The UITE head also noted it is agreed upon with the minister of education and science Armen Ashotyan.

As university online program is currently being developed to enable kids from provinces working in IT field. Vardanyan said they have already had experience of such companies in Goris, Kapan, Giumry and Vanadzor.

UITE was founded in 200 to protect economic interests of IT companies and to promote IT business and research. ($1 – 411.55 drams). --0-