Educational, scientific programs are at Armenian Youth Fund's focusJune 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 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 | Director General of Ucom takes part in recruiting conference Ralph Yirikian participated in the Recruit Days business and networking conference organized by Move2Career. Ameriabank named Best Bank in Armenia for 2024 by Global Finance Ameriabank has been named the Best Bank in Armenia by Global Finance magazine in its 31st annual awards. Armenia to participate in key EU meeting for the first time ever National Assembly speaker Alen Simonyan has said that Armenia will for the first time participate in the Conference. Lavrov rejects Armenia’s “defamation” of Russia, CSTO Lavrov decried the Armenian leaders’ “defamation” of Russian soldiers and border guards deployed in Armenia. |