YEREVAN. - The fast development of information technologies for the educational system can be considered as a challenge or great opportunity.  

Coordinator of IBM University Relation Manager for Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa, Sergey Belov, who attended the opening of ISTC Innovative Solutions and Technologies Center in Yerevan, told Armenian News – NEWS.am.

In his words, the disproportionate development of IT and the educational system is a common issue. “The sphere of information technologies is developing so rapidly that even the leading universities cannot keep pace with the latest technological achievements of the sphere. I think, there is nothing surprising here. In the university environment students get fundamental knowledge rather than learn the latest technological achievements. The role of the Innovative Solutions and Technologies Center is to solve this issue.

In fact, the Center is located in a university environment: it will serve as a source of information on the latest technological achievements for students and researchers interested in the sphere of high technologies,” Belov said.

The official opening of ISTC Innovative Solutions and Technologies Center took place in Yerevan Thursday. The event was attended by the Minister of Communication, Transport and Information Technologies Vahan Martirosyan, U.S. Ambassador to Armenia Richard Mills and IBM University Relation Manager for Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa, Sergey Belov.