  Educational, scientific programs are at Armenian Youth Fund's focus June 17, 2011 - 09:28 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Youth Fund (AYF) board of trustees member, Armenian parliamentarian Karen Avagyan presented the activities of AYF in a conversation with a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. AYF is in charge of programs and offers, relevant to the issues of youth and students, with the main emphasis laid on educational and scientific programs. As Mr. Avagyan noted, recently a contest for educational programs was announced, with the 10 winners selected to receive AMD 5 million funding to their implementation. Among this year's achievements was a program envisaging scholarships for 600 excellent or vulnerable students. “Our program aims at increasing the value of knowledge by proving it to be a key to competitiveness and better quality of life,” Mr. Avagyan stressed in conclusion.   Top stories As a result of floods in Armenia’s northern Lori and Tavush provinces, 17 bridges, including five large ones, have collapsed. David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. 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.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Balance of attached cards in the Idram&IDBank app From now on, users will be able to view the online balances of cards issued by ArCa system banks and attached to the app. |
