VivaCell-MTS has spent AMD 705.9 million for paying tuition fee of around 750 students over seven years

 It is now the seventh year that VivaCell- MTS launched tuition fee reimbursement assistance program. The beneficiaries of the program are students from vulnerable social groups as well as with special needs, who have a good standing at university.

The press office of VivaCell-MTS has told ArmIfo that owing to the program, higher education has become available to around 750 students from socially vulnerable groups (students with special needs, needy families or orphans). In the course of the seven years, VivaCell-MTS has allocated about AMD 705.9 million for the implementation of the program.

The program has proven to be highly effective in providing professional education as well as psychological and social support.
During the ceremony the results of the program in the course of 7 years were summed up and certificates of program completion were handed over to the beneficiaries of the program from this year's graduate students.

"The desire to learn and the inability to pay for education is one of the biggest injustices of our life. The society cannot be strong if some of its members are deprived of the opportunity to entertain their right for education. Young people will be given an opportunity to acquire competitive advantage and achieve a better place and role in the market and in the society, in general. The mission of the tuition fund program is to alleviate social injustice through professional education. Education is for everyone equally," said VivaCell-MTS General Manager Ralph Yirikian.

Considering the fact, that good academic standing is one of the main requirements for enrollment in the program, the certificate of completion serves as a proof of the motivation, persistence and consistency in the efforts of receiving higher education and becoming competent specialists.

VivaCell-MTS (K-Telecom CJSC) is Armenia's leading telecommunications operator, having the widest 2G/3.75G/4G network reach and spreading a wide range of Voice and Data services all across Armenia. Having the best of the Armenian people interest at heart since its launch on 1st July 2005 and in a short period of time VivaCell-MTS has managed to build a nationwide network and a considerable customer base. VivaCell-MTS drives innovation and aims at always being at the forefront of any development serving the Armenian mobile communications market.  The company follows the guidance provided by ISO 26000 (International Standard of Social Responsibility) and ISO/IEC 27001:2013 (Information Security Management System). 

Mobile TeleSystems OJSC ("MTS") is the leading telecommunications group in Russia and the CIS, offering mobile and fixed voice, broadband, pay TV as well as content and entertainment services in one of the world's fastest growing regions. Including its subsidiaries, the Group services over 100 million mobile subscribers. The Group has been awarded GSM licenses in Russia, Ukraine, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Armenia and Belarus, a region that boasts a total population of more than 200 million. Since June 2000, MTS' Level 3 ADRs have been listed on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker symbol MBT).