SERZH SARGSYAN: “IT DEVELOPMENT CAUSES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT”
Today the Prime Minister of Armenia and president elect Serzh Sargsyan met with the pupils of Artashes Shahinyan School and the IT responsible bodies. The mission of the meeting was to introduce the works done in IT courses. The course is unique as they are being held in Yerevan but due to technologies participants from regions can also follow the course and ask questions via electronic.
The Minister of Science and Education Levon Mkrtchyan was also present at the meting and he said that the course via distance is possible to be held from Syunik. He said that from 1430 schools 650 should be connected to the net in the end of the program, now only 330 schools have the chance to hold courses that way.
“We think that the IT is not just one branch of economy but an aspect which could bring fast development to other fields,” said Serzh Sargsyan.