RISE Educational Foundation
Armenia's future begins with children who can think for themselves.
We work so every child in Armenia can learn to reason, explore, and create solutions, regardless of where they live or what their family can afford.
One student
Hear it from them
Participants in the 2024 challenge talking about what it was like.
I started solving logic problems in a new way.
Potential is everywhere. Opportunity is not.
A child's location should not determine how far their curiosity can take them. Yet access to engaging challenges, modern learning tools, mentors, and practical experience still varies across Armenia. RISE exists to help close that gap.
The work, as it happens
Yerevan High School No. 198, November 2025. 
Vayk Secondary School, November 2025. 
Gyumri Foton College, November 2025.
We turn curiosity into capability.
Hand a child a real problem, and you find out what they can do.
Gavar Secondary School No. 1, November 2025. We spark curiosity
Problems and challenges a child can attempt before anyone has explained the idea behind them.
Vanadzor NPUA Branch High School, November 2025. We equip teachers
Practical methods and materials a teacher can use with their own students, in their own school.
Ijevan Secondary School No. 3, November 2025. We bring opportunities closer
Working with schools and communities so opportunities reach children across Armenia, not only in Yerevan.
Four fields. One way of thinking.
Reasoning, Informatics, Science and Engineering help children ask better questions, test ideas, understand systems, and build things that work.
- Reasoning
- Logic, problem-solving, structured thinking.
- Informatics
- Computer science in practice: code, data, systems.
- Science
- Testing an idea against evidence instead of taking it on trust.
- Engineering
- Designing something, building it, and improving it.
The four initials spell the name in Latin script only. In Armenian and Russian the fields carry the meaning without the acronym.
The founder, interviewed
Everything else on this page is the foundation describing itself. This is its co-founder being questioned by someone else.
David Khachatryan, co-founder and chairman of the board of trustees, interviewed at DigiTec by Գործարար ալիք, Armenia’s business channel. Nine minutes on why RISE began with a question about cooperation, what the task book is for, and what the work looks like in schools.
What we run
Three of these have their own site.
Bebras Challenge
The international informatics challenge, for school students. No prior coding needed.
Codzilla
Our own technology school for ages 5 to 17. Ten programmes, taught online.
Logical Puzzles
Three logic puzzles every day, at mixed difficulty. Free, on Telegram.
Webinars
Free professional development for informatics and STEM teachers.
Excursions
Guided visits that take students inside Armenian technology companies.
Stories
Books, printables and learning materials.
Role Models
LaunchingBringing working professionals to high-school students across Armenia.
The belief is already becoming reality.
In one year, Bebras Armenia grew from 2,159 participants in 37 schools to 6,407 participants in 60 schools.
| Year | Participants | Schools | Reach |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2,159 | 37 | 9 regions |
| 2025 | 6,407 | 60 | All regions and Yerevan |
These are reach figures. They record how many children took part, not what they learned.
On Armenian public television
Two reports from Armenian Public Television: the students who represent Armenia at the international challenge, and the ceremony for the 2025 challenge, which 6,407 children took part in.
Armenian students at the international Bebras challenge
Armenian Public Television
Bebras 2025 award ceremony
Armenian Public Television · 6,407 participants
Partners and supporters
We work alongside leading organizations in education and technology.
One challenge. Many ways through.
The same challenge
Across Armenia, students in the same age group meet the same Bebras tasks during the same challenge period.
Different rooms
A computer lab, a library table, or a village classroom. The setting changes. The challenge does not.
Their own way
Some children fill a page with notes and diagrams before entering an answer. Others pause, test an idea, and begin again. Bebras rewards reasoning rather than memorised facts, so each child must find their own way through.
Two heads, one task. 
Working it out on paper first. 
The challenge in a school library.
Help a child discover what they can do.
Your support helps bring high-quality challenges, teacher development, and new learning opportunities to more schools and communities across Armenia.