The Hi-Tech Park will open an information technology center in Orsha

December 4, Minsk /BELTA/. The Hi-Tech Park will open a city center for information technologies in Orsha on December 8, BELTA was informed by the administration of the Hi-Tech Park. The new facility is being created to encourage schoolchildren to pursue further education in engineering, computer science, and other technical specialties. Already in January next year, Orsha schoolchildren will be able to start training in the "Introduction to Information Technologies" course with the opportunity to obtain an international certificate upon completion. Based on the created center, a resource center in the field of information technologies for secondary school teachers will also be organized, as well as a digital library of educational materials. "The city center for information technologies will become a center for distance learning in the city and nearby rural areas, for conducting internet conferences and olympiads, for working with gifted children, and for professional development of urban and rural teachers," the administration of the Hi-Tech Park noted. -0-