In order to award teaching computers as a gift to schoolchildren accepted to the first class of secondary schools in the 2019-2020 school year in Turkmenistan, the President of Turkmenistan signed a Resolution allowing the Ministry of Education to enter into contracts:
with the “Agzybirlik tilsimaty” joint venture for the purchase, installation and maintenance of 80,000 educational computers produced in Turkmenistan;
with the “Aýdyň gijeler” economic society for the purchase, installation and maintenance of 73,885 educational computers produced in Turkmenistan.
These computers will have improved technical performance, upgraded software, and enlarged screen size, Golden Age reports.
Every schoolchild going to the first grade in Turkmenistan has been given a computer as a gift since 2011.