Yerevan /Mediamax/. Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan attended the solemn opening ceremony of Tumo Center for Creative Technologies in Gyumri today.

Establishment of Tumo Center in Gyumri has been initiated by the Armenian President and implemented by Shant TV company.

In the beginning, the Center will be located at Gyumri Technological Center and then it will be moved to the building of neighboring Gyumri Theater (former People’s House) which is going to be overhauled. During the visit, the President of was informed that the territory will include 60 working place and will be able to host 500-1000 students.

Tumo Center for Creative Technologies is an open educational environment where 12-18-year old teenagers study on their own.

The first Tumo Center (Tumo Yerevan) was initiated by Sam and Silva Simonians by the Simonian Educational Foundation. It opened the doors to students on August 14, 2011.

Owing to “Knowledge for the Sake for Development” project implemented by the Central Bank, Tumo opened in Dilijan as well in 2013 (around 300 teenagers attend it).

Currently, intensive construction works of Tumo Center are underway in Stepanakert. In September 2015, the construction will be over and the Center will open its doors to 1000 teenagers from Artsakh (Tumo Stepanakert is the joint project of Simonian Educational Foundation and AGBU).