YEREVAN. – Information Technology (IT) is the only sector in Armenia where growth depends solely on the presence of respective specialists, Chairman Hovhannes Avoyan of the Association of Information Technology Enterprises stated during a press conference on Wednesday.   

“If the personnel double, the output of the sector [likewise] will double,” Avoyan said.

To this end, great attention will be given to Armenia’s education sector in 2013, with an objective of bringing several thousands of new specialists to the IT sector each year.

As per Avoyan, programming skills need to be developed among children. The first respective steps are taken in Armenia, as robotics clubs will be established in fifty schools and, later on, they will be set up in all schools.  

In addition, the Armenian National Association will establish close to fifty national engineering laboratories, where close to 2,000 university students will develop their IT skills.