Government declares roadmap of making Armenia technological country -  premier

ArmInfo.Today, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan attended the 89th graduation ceremony at the National Polytechnic University of Armenia.

Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of Armenia Vahram  Dumanyan, Chairman of the Council of the National Polytechnic  University of Armenia Tigran Avinyan, other high-ranking officials,  trustees, university patrons, famous graduates, professorial staff,  this year's graduates and their parents also participated in the  solemn event.

The Prime Minister congratulated the attendees on the remarkable day  and said, "We are in a university which, in fact, predetermined the  face of today's Armenia in the true sense of the word. What do I  mean?  When the process of industrialization began in the Second  Republic of Armenia, every year thousands of engineers graduated from  this university, who transformed and rebuilt Armenia every day. Most  of what we have today, from the energy sector, to infrastructure,  urban planning, communication, transport systems, was conceived  inside these walls. This is very important to record."

Nikol Pashinyan emphasized the development of modern technology in  the country. "A huge part of the problems in the history of the Third  Republic is related to the technological gaps, or lagging behind  modern technological demands and trends, which unfortunately we  faced. I want and hope that in these new times, the National  Polytechnic University of Armenia, or rather, its graduates, will  rediscover the former function of making Armenia a more and more  advanced technological country every day, which this university and  our higher educational system in general once had. I think that we  should see the National Polytechnic University of Armenia, our higer  educational system in general from this perspective, that through our  university system, Armenia will become more competitive in the field  of technology in a very short period.

Our government has declared the roadmap of making Armenia a  technological country, and this is extremely important. It is the  most important mission of the graduates of the National Polytechnic  University to overcome the potential fears that may still exist about  technology, because we see that technology is coming to serve people,  societies. In this age of technology, we see unexpected trends, when  in the age of technology man tries to be closer and closer to nature,  closer and closer to his origin and make more and more efforts to  preserve and protect the environment, but on the other hand, use the  environment for the benefit of people, society, state.

Dear graduates, I congratulate you and want to believe that you are  leaving the university with the mission of making Armenia better  every day, with the mission of making Armenia a continuously  technologically developing and ultimately developed country. I want  to wish you a path free of obstacles, success in carrying out this  truly epoch-making mission.

I congratulate you, I congratulate your parents, your family members,  your teachers, your lecturers, and the National Polytechnic  University of Armenia, which has opened a way of life for you.  Finally, I congratulate all of us that our country will receive such  a new potential, new blood and new enthusiasm on the way to  development," the Prime Minister said.