New COAF Smart Campus to appear in Armenia; about 5.5 bln dram investment planned

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15.12.2022, 13:31

Armenian government decided today to donate 88 hectares of land in the village of Myasnikyan in Armavir province to the Children of Armenia Fund (COAF) to build a new COAF Smart Campus.

New COAF Smart Campus to appear in Armenia; about 5.5 bln dram investment planned

YEREVAN, December 15. /ARKA/. Armenian government decided today to donate 88 hectares of land in the village of Myasnikyan in Armavir province to the Children of Armenia Fund (COAF) to build a new COAF Smart Campus.

Territorial Administration Minister Gnel Sanosyan said later another 32 hectares of land will be donated to COAF to build a second campus.

He said some 5.5 billion drams will be invested into the campus' construction scheduled to be over in 2028. The COAF Smart Campus will have a conference and event centers, coffee shop, modern sports complex, renewable energy station and more.

The COAF SMART Campus in Armavir is the second of its kind, following in the footsteps of COAF’s SMART Campus in the northern Lori region, inaugurated in 2018. Over the past years, more than 4,000 rural children have attended the Lori SMART Center, enjoying equitable access to quality education in arts, athletics, engineering, entrepreneurship, languages and music.

According to the minister, at least 3 thousand children will attend the new campus and more than 100 jobs will be created.

Armenian Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports Zhanna Andreasyan said negotiations are underway to open COAF Smart campuses in Kapan and Goris.

According to her, nnegotiations are underway with the EU on about 20 million euros assistance for the construction of two centers in Syunik region. -0-

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