Pushkin school in Yerevan and Pushkin schools in Russia are connected
with satellite communication

2010-04-17 17:56:00

ArmInfo. The Yerevan secondary school No 8 named after Pushkin is now
connected with Pushkin schools in Russia by means of satellite
communication. According to Viktor Krivopuskov, Head of the Armenian
Office of Rossotrudnichestvo (Federal Agency for CIS Affairs,
Compatriots Abroad and International Humanitarian Cooperation), for
the first time the satellite communication system has connected the
Russian and Armenian schools.

"Such systems will be installed at the schools of other CIS countries
no earlier than in a year or two. In Russia itself, where there are
around 60 thsd schools, approximately 1 thsd can use this
communication today. The fact that Armenia was the first once again
proves the reliability and high quality of the two countries’
relations",- said Krivopuskov. The "Yamal" facilities of the "Gazsprom
Space Systems" OJSC that have been installed at the Pushkin school in
Yerevan will allow delivering video-lessons with Russian schools, as
well as retraining the Russian language teachers in Armenia.

"The latter may also become very useful for Armenia as very few people
can afford going to Russia for retraining",- he said. Krivopuskov
added that the installed equipment costs about 1 mln RUR. "But
everybody knows that one should not save money on education. These
expenditures should be the priority, and this is not only our
obligation, but also call of the time",- he said.