COAF SMART Center: visa to a better future
April 16, 2021
Have you ever thought about what the school of your dreams would be like? What would be the tasks, if any? What would you prefer to be taught?
Have you ever thought about what the school of your dreams would be like? What would be the tasks, if any? What would you prefer to be taught?
Meet Artak Mnatsakanyan or, as many know him, Rayter Art, a COAF SMART Center student from Odzun, a mountainous village with extraterrestrial beauty.
Apricots will soon bloom, paving the way for apple trees. Homeyards will soon smell with enchanting Maytime aromas.
English is the third most spoken language in the world. The definitions of the key to success are different. But… English has proven to be the “successful language” of trade, business, IT, and communications.
There are over 850 villages in Armenia. Getting to know each of them is learning about a new culture, history, people, and problems. It also means discovering fascinating places which one can hardly find on touristic maps.
Shenik, a lowland village in the Armavir region of Armenia, has everything for country-style living except the mountains.
“The future of the world is in your classroom” is mentioned in Meline Grigoryan’s recently published book about education management.
They say the future belongs to those who prepare for it today. We prepare the youth of the COAF SMART Center for a better tomorrow by making a wide range of modern professions accessible to them.
Arriving at the office a bit earlier, taking a cup of warm tea, and getting mentally prepared to rock the day is COAF Alumna Lusvard Arakelyan’s “first self-given task” of an ordinary workday.
The 45-day war in Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) was an everyday battle of survival and a journey towards precious peace in every Armenian’s mind. Unfortunately, the price of peace is often high.
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