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10, 2010
President Serzh Sargsyan received the students and pupils, who have won the RA Presidential Award 2010 in the area of Information Technologies
Today, President Serzh Sargsyan received the students and pupils, who have won the RA Presidential Award 2010 in the area of Information Technologies (IT) in different nominations and handed the awards to the recipients. Twenty-five of 37 young winners are students of different universities and institutes, and 12 of them are high-school students.
At the award ceremony, which took place at the Presidential Palace, present were also the Chairman and Chief Operation Director of Synopsis Company Chi-Foon Chan.
The Presidential Award is bestowed on the students and pupils who have demonstrated an excellent record of studies, are actively involved in social life, participate at the IT Olympiads, authored scientific works, and possess complex knowledge.
The Presidential Award, which was established by the Presidential decree in 2005, has already been awarded to 158 students and pupils who demonstrated success in the area of information technologies.
Synopsis Armenia LLT has established following nomination and awards: Grand Prix, Best Graduate, Best Post-Graduate, Best Bachelor, Best participant from Diaspora, Best Student, Best Pupil.
Along with the certificates and monetary awards, the winners in the IT area receive also statuettes which symbolize the IT area. The Grand Prix 2010 was awarded to the student of the Armenian State University of Architecture Armen Gharibian.
Presenting the awards, the President of Armenia in his welcoming remarks highlighted the importance of wide application of information technologies, particularly, in the areas of education and science, different spheres of social life, and enhanced computerization of the educational institutions. According to Serzh Sargsyan, relevant steps on this direction are already being taken.
“Despite progress the existing level of computerization of our schools can not be viewed as adequate. Based on that understanding, we launch a priority program for the enhanced computerization of the secondary schools. It is largely aimed at the modernization of our educational system as well as amplification of the communication opportunities and open contacts among the teachers, pupils and parents. Furthermore, these improvements will not be limited to the capital of the Republic but will become available for even the remotest communities.
The program is to be implemented in November-December 2010 and the schools will be furnished with the up to date computer equipment. I am confident that present and all future efforts will constantly augment the new army of gifted children like you,” said the President of Armenia.
Serzh Sargsyan spoke also about the importance of providing state services in electronic format.
“I trust you are well familiar with the expressions “e-society” and “e-governance”. We have already come up with a number of initiatives which are aimed at providing state services electronically, i.e. much faster, less expensive, more efficient and most importantly, free of bureaucratic red tape. This approach toward providing services can be very inclusive – from tax collection to the registration of enterprises or licensing, from providing health care to the organization of elections. There is no alternative; we have no right to lack behind global developments and we will not.”
At the award ceremony, which took place at the Presidential Palace, present were also the Chairman and Chief Operation Director of Synopsis Company Chi-Foon Chan.
The Presidential Award is bestowed on the students and pupils who have demonstrated an excellent record of studies, are actively involved in social life, participate at the IT Olympiads, authored scientific works, and possess complex knowledge.
The Presidential Award, which was established by the Presidential decree in 2005, has already been awarded to 158 students and pupils who demonstrated success in the area of information technologies.
Synopsis Armenia LLT has established following nomination and awards: Grand Prix, Best Graduate, Best Post-Graduate, Best Bachelor, Best participant from Diaspora, Best Student, Best Pupil.
Along with the certificates and monetary awards, the winners in the IT area receive also statuettes which symbolize the IT area. The Grand Prix 2010 was awarded to the student of the Armenian State University of Architecture Armen Gharibian.
Presenting the awards, the President of Armenia in his welcoming remarks highlighted the importance of wide application of information technologies, particularly, in the areas of education and science, different spheres of social life, and enhanced computerization of the educational institutions. According to Serzh Sargsyan, relevant steps on this direction are already being taken.
“Despite progress the existing level of computerization of our schools can not be viewed as adequate. Based on that understanding, we launch a priority program for the enhanced computerization of the secondary schools. It is largely aimed at the modernization of our educational system as well as amplification of the communication opportunities and open contacts among the teachers, pupils and parents. Furthermore, these improvements will not be limited to the capital of the Republic but will become available for even the remotest communities.
The program is to be implemented in November-December 2010 and the schools will be furnished with the up to date computer equipment. I am confident that present and all future efforts will constantly augment the new army of gifted children like you,” said the President of Armenia.
Serzh Sargsyan spoke also about the importance of providing state services in electronic format.
“I trust you are well familiar with the expressions “e-society” and “e-governance”. We have already come up with a number of initiatives which are aimed at providing state services electronically, i.e. much faster, less expensive, more efficient and most importantly, free of bureaucratic red tape. This approach toward providing services can be very inclusive – from tax collection to the registration of enterprises or licensing, from providing health care to the organization of elections. There is no alternative; we have no right to lack behind global developments and we will not.”