LACK OF EMPLOYEES IS ONE OF OBSTACLES TO DEVELPMENT OF ARMENIA’S IT SECTOR, ARMENIAN PRESIDENT SAYS
Author: Editor: Eghian Robert
Noyan Tapan News Agency, Armenia
Sept 25 2007
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 25, NOYAN TAPAN. The lack of employees is one
of the obstacles to the development of information technologies
in Armenia. This gap can be filled by means of a program like the
educational programs implemented by Synopsys company when the company
solves the problem of its staff recruitment on its own. The Armenian
president Robert Kocharian stated this on September 25 during a meeting
with the recipients of the RA President’s educational awards in the
IT sector, which took place after the opening ceremony of the new
office of Synopsys Armenia company.
The president said that IT educational programs, namely, informatics
programs should be revised so as to teach schoolchildren and children
of preschool age to use computers and to promote the information
society of the country. According to him, after the Internet
liberalization in Armenia this year, investments are being made to
create new networks of Internet connection which will increase the
connection speed and reduce the tariffs of Internet services.
The RA minister of education and science Levon Mkrtchian noted that
training of informatics teachers has started under a World Bank credit
program. 600 schols have been provided with computers, while starting
from early 2008, all Armenian schools will have computers.
300 schools have Internet connection, another 300 have been provided
with the opportunity to connect to the Internet after Internet
liberalization. In his words, the number of informatics lessons will
be increased in accordance with the Development Concept of Natural
Science and Information Technologies at Schools through 2015.
Besides, it is envisaged that by 2009, there will be senior schools
with a bias of physics and mathematics or a natural science bias in
all Armenian marzes, with 30 of them starting to function in 2008.
The ceremony of giving the RA President’s educational awards was
held at the RA Government’s Reception House. The chief advisor to the
president on economic issues Vahram Nersisiants handed awards to 20
students of 4 universities and 7 pupils of 5 specialized schools. To
recap, the award fund is financed by Synopsys based on the agreement
signed with the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund in 2005.