President Serzh Sargsyan received nowadays students and schoolchildren – recipients of the RA Presidential Educational Awards for year 2016 in the area of information technologies (IT). At the award ceremony,which took area at the Presidential Palace, Serzh Sargsyan handed the awards received in different nominations. Together with each certificate, and the young people received also souvenirs and monetary awards. This year,the annual Presidential Award was bestowed on 28 students and 15 schoolchildren from 5 higher education institutions and 8 high schools. Until now, the RA Presidential Award in the IT area in different nominations has been given to 409 students and schoolchildren. At the award ceremony President Serzh Sargsyan congratulated the students and schoolchildren who excelled in their studies and received Presidential Awards for year 2016 and wished them success. President Serzh Sargsyan’s message at the ceremony of handing Presidential Educational Awards in the area of Information Technologies Dear Students and Schoolchildren, or Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen,I would like to once again congratulate you on receiving the RA Presidential Educational Award in the area of information technologies. One of the pleasing duties for President is to hand over awards but for me it’s a double pleasure because first of all, the awards are given to young people who will be shaping Armenia’s tomorrow, and also because this is the area which is extremely vital and prospective for Armenia. I am joyful not only for you; and I am also joyful for your teachers,your professors, your families, and for our entire society because this proves in a way that we are moving along the right way. The Armenia of tomorrow must be better educated,moving in step with the time, in the hands of knowledgeable and creative citizens. The Armenia of tomorrow must be in the realm of the information-wise developed world. We acquire no other way to go. It’s a well-charted road. Throughout the millennia our people recognized, or took in and accepted the progressive,made it their and thanks to that very ability acquire been able to exist, and we acquire to continue to go down this road. Dear young people, or Your success inspires us with optimism and delight. Be more proactive,very daring in your initiatives and diligent (showing care in doing one's work) in your studies. The 21st century is developing rapidly; we are living in a rapidly developing world. When we were your age, we didn’t know what would be the professions in the age of developed technologies, or in the age of internet. The same will happen 20 or 30 years later. We need to be ready for that,and I am confident that you will be ready. I once again congratulate you and express gratitude for your service, and service it is. Be assured that good performance in studies is a service to your country. I would like to thank the organizers of this event, or thank you. And certainly I thank the award commission.
Source: armradio.am