Tumo and D-Link open centers in Armenian Gyumri

YEREVAN, May 26, /ARKA/. The Tumo Center for Creative Technologies and D-Link Corporation, one of the world's largest manufacturers of computer networking equipment, inaugurated their newly constructed branch and research and development center in Gyumri respectively on Monday. President Serzh Sargsyan was present at the opening of the two facilities.

Now some 700 children can visit the Tumo Center in Gyumri, but according to Marie Lou Papazian, the head of Simonian educational foundation, in some time their  number will grow to 1000 children.

She said the Tumo Center in Gyumri practically does not differ from the Tumo Center in Yerevan. The only difference is that the Yerevan Center has 6,000 students. 

The D-Link center is one of three such facilities operated by the Taiwanese IT group around the world. Its creation was made possible by an agreement which D-Link signed with the Armenian government in

January 2013. The government provided the company with a plot of land in Gyumri for that purpose.

Speaking at the opening ceremony economy minister Karen Chshmarityan said the D-Link Center in Gyumri will play a significant role in the development of the second-largest Armenian town.

Tumo, a new kind of after-school learning environment for thousands of students aged 12-18 in charge of their own learning, was established in 2011. Guided by skilled educators and mentored by media professionals, students navigate through their personal learning plans via the Tumo World, a special learning interface that prepares them for hands-on practice. Specialized workshops, guest lectures and community events give students a chance to apply their knowledge and skills to the world around them. Tumo has a center in Dilijan and plans to open another one in Nagorno-Karabakh.

D-Link founded in 1986 in Taiwan runs more than 90 regional offices. The company currently employs more than 4,000 people around the world.-0-