TUMO center to be established in Armenia`s Armavir by 2026

ArmInfo. The Simonyan Educational  Foundation will receive a land plot and a building located on it as a  gift from the state in the city of Armavir in the region of the same  name for the construction of the Tumo Center for Creative  Technologies. The decision was approved by the Cabinet of Ministers  on July 25.

As stated by the Minister of Territorial Administration and  Infrastructure of Armenia Gnel Sanosyan, according to the agreement  reached between the Simonyan Educational Foundation and the head of  the Armavir community, within the framework of the Tumo Centers for  Creative Technologies charity program, a Tumo center is planned to be  created in the Armavir community by 2026. The center is expected to  be attended by children aged 12 to 18 - about 3,800 children,  specializing in technology and design. The construction of the Tumo  center will be carried out through the reconstruction (if necessary,  demolition and construction) of the emergency building of the  community nursery-kindergarten No. 12, located at the address:  Baghramyan Street, 9, Armavir Municipality, Armavir Region, Armenia.

It is planned to invest at least 530 million drams in the  construction of the Tumo center.

According to the minister, today there are 5 TUMO centers and 34 TUMO  boxes in the republic, which are visited by more than 25,000  teenagers. By the end of the year, it is planned to open temporary  branches in Yeghegnadzor in September and in Masis in December. The  program has also expanded abroad.

TUMO centers operate in Germany, France, Portugal, Albania, Ukraine,  etc. In the near future, centers are expected to open in the  Netherlands and the United States.

In turn, the Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports  Zhanna Andreasyan said that programs for expanding other educational  sites, such as COAF smart centers, are also being discussed.