Government to provide first grade pupils with Armenian tablets

YEREVAN, JANUARY 15, ARMENPRES: In the framework of the program “Computers for pupils” in 2015 the first grade pupils of the secondary schools will be provided with the tablets of Armenian production.The Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Armenia Armen Ashotyan told about it at the first press conference of 2014. According to him, the Armenian tablets, produced this year, should become an educational instrument for the pupils. “The program to provide the first grade pupils with a computer was intended for the year of 2016, but when last year it was announced that the first Armenian tablets will be produced, we decided to implement the program earlier. The computers will be equipped with two kinds of educational programs – compulsory education and extra training”, - said Armen Ashotyan, Armenpress reports.

The Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Armenia and the Interdepartmental Committee developed the procedure of the development of the educational computers, which envisages that since September 2016 any first grade pupil will be provided by a free computer by the state.