A tripartite memorandum of understanding was signed between the National Center for Educational Technologies ", "Softline International" and the "State College of Informatics" of the Ministry of Education and science in RA. The first prerequisite of the success in the field of information and communication technologies is training of the…
Working group, established to provide e-learning lessons on natural sciences, to implement distance communication at least once a week and to develop mechanisms for the implementation of the appropriate learning course with the school within the framework of rural schools development concept, convened its regular session. The session was attended…
YSU students-programmers have progressed into the final of “ACM-ICPC” International Programming Olympiad.
The semi-final took place on December 3-4 in Tbilisi. Armenia was represented by 3 teams from YSU, American University of Armenia, Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University.
The competition was between 300 teams representing the best universities in the former Soviet…
The 1988 Armenian earthquake, also known as the Spitak earthquake (Armenian: Սպիտակի երկրաշարժ Spitaki yerkrašarž) occurred in the northern region of Armenia (then part of the Soviet Union) on December 7 at 11:41 local time (07:41 UTC). The earthquake measured 6.8 on the surface wave magnitude scale and had a maximum perceived intensity of X (Devastating) on the Medvedev–Sponheuer–Karnik scale. The region…
EU Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation Carlos Moedas arrived in Armenia on November 18 to take part in the Eastern partnership 8th informal ministerial dialogue on Research, Science and Innovation issues.
During the recent conference entitled “Spreading excellence and crossing the innovation divide” held in Brussels, the EU…
Minister of Education and Science Levon Mkrtchyan today received Seyyed Kazem Sajjad, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Iran to RA and the delegation headed by Saeed Sarkar, professor and president of Iran Nanotechnology Initiative Council (INIC).
Welcoming the Ambassador and the delegation, Minister Levon…
Chaired by Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan, the government held today another discussion on information and communication technology (ICT) sector. During the discussion projects related to the reform of vocational education and ICT sector workforce development were presented to the Prime Minister.
In this context, the meeting focused on the formation…
President Serzh Sargsyan visited today the Quant college which this year celebrates the 25th anniversary of its establishment. Accompanied by the officials from the area of education, mayor of Yerevan and leadership of the college, President Sargsyan toured the first experimental non-state school of the Republic, familiarized with the conditions…
A meeting was held at the Ministry of Education and Science to discuss the productivity of video lessons and thematic programs. Within the framework of rural schools and distance learning development, as a follow up to the RA Government assignment, the organized video lessons, methodological approaches and the effectiveness of…
Today, international conference on "Armenia as a regional educational center" was held at Yerevan Northern University dedicated to the 1050th anniversary of the foundation of Sanahin University. Minister of Education and Science Levon Mkrtchyan attended the event and welcomed the administration of the University for celebrating the 1050th Anniversary of…