President Sargsyan among attendees at Dilijan Central School opening
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan attended today, on September 24, the opening ceremony of Central School in the city of Dilijan, the presidential press service reported.
The school was opened by Mesrob Aramyan, Co-founder of Ayb Educational Foundation and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Ayb Learning Hub Foundation, and Arthur Javadyan, Chairamn of the Central Bank of Armenia.
Ppresident toured the newly-opened educational institution, familiarized himself with the conditions, educational programs and the teaching methodology aimed at comprehensive development of children.
Dilijan Central School was established in 2013 by the Ayb Educational Foundation in cooperation with the CBA. It is a school designed for up to 160 pupils from 1st to 9th grade.
Diijan Central School has an industrial research lab, which has been established in cooperation with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The lab will serve school pupils, as well as pupils, students and creative people from Dilijan and nearby cities.
President Sargsyan was informed that more than 80% of 119 pupils studying at school and 24% of the school employees are from Dilijan, 22% of the employees has moved from Yerevan to Dilijan with their families, 13% of the employees are from Armenia’s other provinces.