The second educational and charitable ForMath competition took place at the initiative of the Ayb Educational Foundation. This year, this mathematics and logic competition had the motto "Multiplying Educational Opportunities" and brought together the teams of five leading companies operating in Armenia—Converse Bank, Team Telecom Armenia, Telcell, and SoftConstruct—and the team of localizers of Khan Academy Armenia. Based on the results of five rounds, the SoftConstruct team, which hosted the event, was declared the winner, beating the Team Telecom team in the final. The competition aims to unite Armenia-based organizations, whose sectoral, professional and general development is based on mathematics, around natural sciences and around the importance of education itself, and to make a joint contribution to the provision of free quality learning resources in Armenian in the Republic of Armenia and Artsakh. The membership fees of the participating teams will be fully directed to the localization of high-quality learning materials of Khan Academy, the largest international online educational platform, which the Ayb Educational Foundation has been doing since 2017.   The content on the platform is in Armenian, is free of charge and is aligned with the RA state educational standards, ensuring continuity of education for everyone and everywhere. This is especially important in emergencies where children’s right to education is violated, such as epidemics, wars or blockades.   In her address to the participants of the competition, Sona Koshetsyan, Executive Director of the Foundation, noted, “With your support and participation, you contribute to the localization of one more section on the Armenian-language platform of the Khan Academy. You are giving the opportunity to access free and high-quality educational content not only to children but also to teachers regardless of location; you are giving the opportunity to self-educate, learn and play at any age. This is a unique charity, which everyone does with their knowledge, participation and contribution."   The first ForMath took place in 2021 with the participation of eight companies mainly from the IT field. With the funds raised as a result of the competition, 65 math videos were localized, which are now available to all students, parents and teachers on the Armenian-language platform of Khan Academy.

By signing a memorandum of understanding on January 16, the Ayb Educational Foundation and Idram payment system announced their cooperation in education. Idram will support Ayb’s mass competitions. The start has already been given within the Meghu 2022 Armenian language competition.   In pursuit of creating a literate and competitive generation, both organizations are ready to collaborate on educational initiatives.   Sona Koshetsyan, executive director of the Ayb Educational Foundation, says it is very delightful that Idram has joined the Meghu competition: "We appreciate that cooperation with Idram will not end here, and through Ayb's competitions, along with our partners, we will be able to not only promote the interest in school subjects but also develop children’s financial literacy skills from an early age."   According to Idram director Arsen Kdenyan, it is a great honor for the company to become a partner of exclusive educational competitions. "We hope that the scope of this cooperation will expand even further in the future and our schoolchildren will have the opportunity to get additional platforms, for example, in the field of finance, to increase their awareness in addition to the knowledge of the main subjects. For this purpose, we have also created the Idram Junior application, which we are sureyoung people will study and use with great interest," said Arsen Kdenyan.   On December 26 and 27, thousands of 3rd-12th-grade children from the RA and Artsakh took part in the world's largest school competition of the Armenian language, about 7,800 registered participants. On December 19, it was held in a separate stage for Armenian language learners of the Diaspora.   The partnership will also include joint courses on financial literacy, in which Idram Junior will be an integral part. Idram Junior is an app for kids aged 8-16, which is a great opportunity for kids to learn how to manage cashless pocket money and allows parents to monitor their kids' financial activities.       The Ayb Educational Foundation is a non-profit public organization that has been implementing educational programs in the Republic of Armenia, Artsakh and the Diaspora since 2006. Ayb’s school competitions alone have had 739,000 participants since the start.

The rich educational resources of Khan Academy Armenia’s free platform can now be used by 52 schools, 90 teachers and 313 students in Armavir and Gegharkunik marzes. Participating in the series of free workshops of Khan Academy, teachers and schoolchildren of both marzes learned to effectively use the world’s largest online educational platform equipped with world-class quality resources.     The workshops were organized as part of Khan Academy’s initiative within NEF's STRIVE for a Better Future: Communities and Civil Society Resilience in Armenia (STRIVE) program. They aimed to equip the marzes’ teachers and students with modern tools for self-education and hybrid education.   The second goal of this initiative is to enrich the Armenian-language platform of Khan Academy with new natural science and mathematics materials and video lessons by the end of the academic year, making them available to the whole society.   The summary of the workshop program was carried out in two events, which took place in Etchmiadzin’s Eurnekian School and Gavar Secondary School No. 2 named after Papin Ghandilyan. Three teachers from each marz were awarded Khan Academy’s title of ambassador teacher, which gives an opportunity to most actively engaged professionals to share their experience in the communities. In addition to the training courses, a month-long student competition was organized, allowing children to learn and measure their knowledge growth.     Galina Jahinyan from M. Mashtots School No. 1 in Vagharshapat was recognized the best with 2,417,950 points in Armavir marz, while Mari Gharibyan from Vardenis Basic School No. 4, with 10,050,390 points was the best in Gegharkunik marz. This is the best indicator among all participants of Khan Academy's student competitions.     During the sum-up event, Sona Koshetsyan, executive director of the Ayb Educational Foundation, stated that she was pleasantly surprised by the children's desire to learn on a non-compulsory educational platform: "I am glad that Khan Academy strengthens both teachers’ and students’ desire for self-education."   According to Sonya Budaghyan, head of Armavir Provincial Government's Department of Education, Culture and Sports, it is the first time that schools take part in Khan Academy’s marz workshops: "I am delighted by such a result. Effective and quality education is the most important thing. I hope that all the participants of the program will spread their knowledge of such educational resources and opportunities."   Arpine Baghdoyan, country director at Near East Foundation Armenia, highlighted that quality educational resources and achievement of high standards are key to the country's development and future: "We are glad that our program gave us the opportunity to support and contribute to the spread of this beautiful educational platform in the marzes."       The STRIVE for a Better Future: Communities and Civil Society Resilience in Armenia (STRIVE) program is co-financed by the European Union and implemented by NEF Belgium in partnership with the AGAT Center for the Protection of Rights of Women with Disabilities, BLEJAN Environmental, Social, Business Support NGO, Dilijan Youth Cooperation Center, and the Resource Center Foundation for Women’s Development.   To create equal opportunities for education, the Ayb Educational Foundation has been localizing the materials of the world's largest online educational platform, Khan Academy, in the Armenian language since 2017. Khan Academy is available to 135 million users in 190 countries and in 50 languages.