Creativity Lab opens in Armenian village schoolDecember 26, 2014 - 18:09 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - VivaCell-MTS and the Children of Armenia Fund (COAF)’s continuous collaboration resulted in the opening of the sixth Creativity Lab, the company said. Equipped with a smart board, modern computers, as well as special mobile furniture, the newly opened Creativity Lab will host students from the Dsegh community school in Lori province of Armenia. The Creativity Lab will help students, who are eager to learn, and teachers, who wish to integrate the use of technologies into the tutorial process to make it more interesting and content-rich. The peculiarities of these innovative classrooms include powerful technological capacity, as well as availability of special mobile furniture, which allows for the implementation of individual work, activity in pairs and in groups. “Education has an important role for the development of any country striving for. The knowledge acquired during school years becomes more useful when the student can think logically and show a creative approach. I think that such creativity labs will functionally serve to this end,” VivaCell-MTS General Manager Ralph Yirikian said. Top stories The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Defense Minister Suren Papikyan has visited the southern Armenian province of Syunik, the Defense Ministry reported on March 18. Partner news | European Parliament to discuss repression in Azerbaijan The European Parliament will discuss repression of civil society in Azerbaijan on April 24 PACE wants concessions from Azerbaijan to accept Baku back A PACE co-rapporteur said that Azerbaijani authorities must make certain concessions so that the country can return to PACE. Cyprus parliament honors Armenian genocide victims Acting House President Zacharias Koulias noted that April 24 marks the “black anniversary” of the Armenian genocide. Armenia PM, France envoy discuss regional matters Issues related to the consistent development of Armenia-France cooperation were discussed. |