In 2013, in collaboration with the Central Bank of Armenia, Ayb opened Dilijan Central School which belongs to the Ayb Schools' family and is the first schooling project realized by external order and funding.
The collaboration between the Ayb Educational Foundation and the Central Bank of Armenia resulted in the creation of an urban school model available not only to the employees of the Central Bank’s branch in Dilijan but also to children of other families living in Dilijan. Moreover, the Central Bank of Armenia covers the tuition of all students studying at school, thus giving equal opportunities of best education to all.
Dilijan Central School is a basic school with its elementary and middle components. The school occupies a learning space of 4,500 m2 and is composed of several low-rise, newly constructed, fully equipped buildings. The school's ideology, physical environment and educational content (subject curricula, teaching methodology, student admission and teacher recruitment policies, assessment criteria, including the programs developed for the work of psychologists and speech therapists, etc.) are based on Ayb’s standards.
The school’s mission is to provide an environment for complete and competitive education in order to shape a generation of young people who have strong spiritual values, virtues, high aesthetic taste and a drive for a healthy lifestyle.
The educational philosophy of Dilijan Central School is anchored on the following eight key principles:
Ayb aims at molding students into comprehensively educated, spiritually rich and physically healthy people. The school combines sciences, humanities, arts, and sports.
The students get the opportunity to learn in depth, explore and reveal their potential in their favorite subjects.
The goal of the school is to not only equip the students with knowledge but also mold morally chaste personalities with a strong connection to their identity as well as with a sense of belonging and responsibility towards society.
One of the greatest assets of any school is the community of people gathered around it: teachers, parents, supporters, partners, whose presence in the school enriches school everyday life, instilling confidence that through education one can succeed and achieve success.
DCS is equipped with advanced technologies that help students bring creative ideas to life, keep pace with science, and test their knowledge in real time.
All beneficiaries of the institution work hard, learn to manage their time, set priorities, make a distinction between what’s important and what’s not, and establish other skills of effective work planning.
Students are instilled with such values as mutual help, respect for others’ opinions and ideas, appreciation for work, integrity, and so on. Children must value the public interest and realize that through their actions or inactions, they influence both their own lives and the lives of others.
We strive to fully reveal the creative potential of our students and promote the expression and development of their creative activity. Students are involved in real projects, which gives them the opportunity to put their acquired knowledge into practice and decide on the choice of a future profession.
In its first year of operation, the Dilijan Central School managed to impact several interconnected spheres: educational, cultural, social, and communal. Dilijan’s previously monotonous reality is now filled with many interesting educational, cultural and community-building events as a result of the new culture of school-community collaboration that Ayb has introduced. The school comes up regularly with initiatives aimed at community development and cooperation between other Dilijan schools as well.
Students enrolled: 133 (as of 2021)
