Government releases extra funds to complete school and kindergarten construction program by yearend

The Armenian government has decided to reallocate funds in the 2026 state budget, providing an additional 6.934 billion drams to the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of Armenia, at its November 12 Cabinet meeting.

The funding will go toward the proper implementation of the current phase of the program to build, reconstruct, renovate and furnish 300 schools and 500 kindergartens, as well as holding the 2027 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Yerevan.

The main deadline for the program to build, reconstruct, renovate and furnish 300 schools and 500 kindergartens is 2026.

Therefore, work is being carried out on a large scale this year and at a greater number of facilities. The lists of schools undergoing renovation are regularly expanded, construction work is underway at new facilities, and they are being furnished.

The Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports said in a press release that construction work under the program has so far been completed at more than 220 schools and educational complexes, as well as more than 380 kindergartens.

The first phase of the program is expected to be completed by the end of the year, with construction work at 300 schools and 500 kindergartens completed. To this end, it was necessary to increase the funds allocated to the program in the 2026 state budget by approximately 15–20 billion drams, of which 10.06 billion drams had already been allocated under a November 5 government decision.

The amount allocated under today's decision is intended to ensure the final phase of the program, as well as to purchase the equipment necessary for holding the European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Yerevan from April 27 to May 2, 2027.