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.