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The Artsakh Government has joined the project aimed at creation of TechnoSchool in Martuni
The Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of the Artsakh Republic has joined a project aimed at the creation of Moonq TechnoSchool of Artsakh and provided financial support.
The TechnoSchool of Artsakh is an educational project in the field of IT which will be implemented by the “I” Educational Fund. The goal is to provide children with quality technical knowledge which will affect their development prospects in their own settlements and open the way to the IT market.
“The Technoschool is the technological future of Martuni and neighboring villages. By creating a Technoschool, we will raise technological education to a qualitatively new level. The Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of Artsakh Republic supports this unique project and is matching the first 14 million drams invested. Moonq TechnoSchool is our victory in the field of education,” says Lusine Gharakhanyan, the Minister of Education, Culture, Science and Sports of the Artsakh Republic.
Ashot Avanesyan, a mathematician and programmer, is the creator of the project. After years of studying in Stepanakert and working in Yerevan, he returned to his native village and developed this idea, which will need about 68 million AMD for the implementation.
It should be noted that This endeavor will entail the development of not only a school, but also mobile laboratories. The building will have three furnished halls, one co-working space, and a bathroom. The administration of Haghorti village has provided use of the community hall building to the project. After completion, 100 young people will have an opportunity to attend the institution and the number of project beneficiaries will reach 280. Over the next five years, we will have about 270 new IT specialists, and that will bring about 1 billion AMD to the country in the form of salaries alone. Additionally, more than 10 new IT companies will be founded.
“These educational programs were developed back in 2017 in order to simply revive life in the villages of Artsakh, to make changes in the education of children and adolescents, but most importantly, to modernize the education sector. This all started when we just began to walk around the villages with laptops. And then, more than 30 IT specialists united around this idea. Now our student initiative has turned into a large regional project, and the Government of the Republic of Artsakhhas also joined,” says Ashot Avanesyan, Director of the “I” Educational Fund.
The “I” Educational Fund was established in 2019 by Ashot Avanesyan and his wife Luiza. As of today, the foundation courses have already helped 80 Artsakh children aged 13-17. After graduation, students get the opportunity to create their own companies. The first successful project is the StartSystems startup, founded by the first graduates of the course. At the moment, more than 100 children are participating in these foundational courses in Martuni region without a school building, and that number will exceed 120 in the next two months. The Stepanakert laboratory has 50 students. At the beginning of next year, the “I” Educational Foundation will have more than 200 graduates with IT knowledge. More information on the project can be found here.