“Armath” engineering laboratory was opened in Gyumri’s Debi Arach Children’s Center, the Union of Information Technology Enterprises (UITE) says in a release, adding the lab is the tenth in Shirak region and is equipped with 3D printing technology, computers, and robotics details.
To note, “Armath” engineering club-labs are operating in 197 schools of Armenia and the Nagorno Karabakh Republic (NKR) with some 5, 000 students receiving the technological education.
The project aims to assist schoolchildren in their early interest emergence in modern high technology, to promote the development of engineering mindset from early ages and to prepare competent students in all schools of the Armenian and Artsakh communities.
Since its establishment, “Armath” engineering laboratories have been awarded a number of prizes for promoting school students’ interest in high technology and enhance engineering thinking, including the sustainable growth prize received during the WITSA Global Excellence Award Ceremony.
The opening ceremony of the Gyumri lab which was opened with funds from Paros Foundation was attended by Gyumri Deputy Mayor Vagharshak Mkhitaryan, representatives of the Paros Foundation and UITE.
