ArmenPress, Armenia
Aug 29 2017


 "We tie the country's future with education & science", President
Sargsyan awards distinguished school kids



YEREVAN, AUGUST 29, ARMENPRESS. Distinguished school-kids from
Armenian schools, participants and winners of various international
Olympiads received awards, gifts and certificates in the Presidential
Palace of Armenia.

President Serzh Sargsyan and Education and Science minister Levon
Mkrtchyan handed over the awards.



School children who achieved successes in the Kangaroo: Math for
everybody international competition and the Bee: Armenian for
everybody competition received awards.

Minister Mkrtchyan awarded medals of excellence to distinguished pupils.

The President of Armenia delivered a speech after the awarding
ceremony, praising the children for their successes.

“Your successes in the Kangaroo, Bee and other educational
competitions convey strength and vigor to our people, and inspire
faith for me towards the future of our country. This kind of meetings
are already a tradition. This way we want to emphasize that we
associate our country’s future with education and science. The thirst
for science and education can never be prevented. On the contrary, we
want it to spread rapidly”, the president said.

Over 40 thousand children from Armenian schools, and over one thousand
children from Artsakhi schools took part in the Kangaroo international
match competition in 2017, while over 36 thousand and nearly 1000 took
part in the Bee: Armenian for everybody competition respectively.

522 children achieved the best results.