29/11/2013 18:25
Prime minister: Armenia’s IT sector accounts for 5% of GDP
The information technology sector of Armenia accounts for 5% of GDP, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan said at an IT business forum in Dilijan.
In his words, the sector employs 7 thousand highly-qualified specialists. The prime minister stressed that improvement of professional skills and knowledge will become a driving force in the future.
He informed those present that two thousand new specialists join the IT sector each year, but their number will grow. There are plans to reduce the number of tuition fee-exempt students at law and economics departments of Armenian universities and increase the number of such students at IT departments.