YEREVAN. – The annual award-giving ceremony of Vozni computer competition took place at Yerevan Expo exhibition complex Saturday. The event was supported by the High-Tech Cybersecurity Center upon the initiative of the Armenian Defense Ministry.  

The competition was attended by 400 pupils of 6-10 forms from about 200 schools, the Armenian Defense Ministry representative told Armenian News – NEWS.am. The annual competition aims at revealing the computer skills and capacities of the pupils, providing them an opportunity to express their creative ideas through computer programs, check their own skills and establish a platform for the cooperation and exchange of experience between the teachers of provinces and the capital. 

One of the competition organizers, Ruzanna Nikoyan, noted that one of the most important goals of the competition is to give a general idea to the pupils about computers and educate literate generation. She also stressed that the current pupils are tomorrow’s soldiers, who must serve their knowledge to the further development of the armed forces.  

For his part, Deputy Defense Minister David Pakhchanyan underscored the importance of holding such events. He added that the mentioned competition aims at rising interest among the pupils towards computer technologies, since the innovative solutions of the current pupils will definitely play a key role also in the sphere of defense.