Vekselberg, Usmanov, Kerimov, Chubais and others to help gifted children get education at Dilijan school

YEREVAN, June 6. / ARKA /. Wealthy business people from Russia and Europe, including, of Armenian descent, will create a charitable scholarship fund in the amount of $100 million that will pay for the education of talented children from Armenia and other countries at Dilijan International School (DIS),  project founder and co-director of Russian Sberbank CIB Ruben Vardanyan said today in Yerevan.

He said Russia’s wealthiest people, Viktor Vekselberg, Alisher Usmanov, Suleiman Kerimov, Anatoly Chubais, Oleg Mkrtchyan from Ukraine, Mikael  Obermayer from Sweden and many others have donated money to the fund to ensure that children of different nationalities study at Dilijan International School.

He said the cost of education at the school is $30,000 a year, and 70% of students will receive scholarships from the fund to pay for their studies. Vardanyan explained that scholarships will be paid from the income fund, not from the authorized capital. He said there is a mounting interest in Dilijan International School.

"In Armenia and Georgia there are many foreigners who want their children to have good education. There are also a large number of people in the Armenian Diaspora who will send their children to Armenia to  study here,’ he said.

He said the Diljan School may interest also wealthy parents in Armenia who send  their children to international schools abroad. 

Dilijan International School is  a private charity project. Its construction worth  $150 million was financed by Ruben Vardanyan.-0-