12:28 | 30.12.16 | News | 23726

    VivaCell-MTS implements large-scale educational projects in 2016

    The total amount of VivaCell-MTS contribution into the sphere of education made AMD 372 million in 2016. The total amount, allocated by the Company in the sphere of education during 2005-2016 has made AMD 3.3 billion.

    “Providing quality education is an investment in the future. Education is a tool to manage one’s own destiny. The opposite of it is letting life and circumstances to make choices instead of the individual and the nation in general. Education is a means of developing individuality and creative thinking. That is why we have chosen it to be one of the most important areas of social investment by VivaCell-MTS,” the Company’s General Manager Ralph Yirikian said.

    VivaCell-MTS’s social investment in education, from the first day of its inception, has been targeting the following spheres:

    •    ICT curriculum introduction in selected senior school of Armenia
    •    Establishment of fab labs and support to robotics education in Armenia
    •    Introduction of Wi-Fi infrastructure in public libraries and educational institutions
    •    Global IT award to individuals, who have made an Outstanding Contribution to Humanity through IT
    •    International Microelectronics Olympiads
    •    Environmental education for youth and public awareness
    •    Providing computers to cultural and educational centers
    •    Providing frontier villages with access to internet
    •    Tuition fee for students, studying in Armenia and abroad
    •    Workshops and seminars for the neonatologists and nurses of Armenia
    •    Internship programs for graduating students  
    •    Open door activities at VivaCell-MTS, introducing the basics of corporate culture to students.