Penza, 3 August 2015. PenzaNews. The unemployed pensioners in the Penza region will undergo a computer basics education course as part of the project “The Senior Generation.”

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The program received a total of 1.2 million rubles from the regional budget and the Pension Fund of Russia.

The two-week course will begin after a procurement auction that will determine the educational organization to teach the elderly, the press service of the Penza region Ministry of Labor informed PenzaNews agency.

“It will also host the course. There is a possibility we will provide some social rooms too,” they added.

According to the ministry, the course will be open for the unemployed elderly persons living in the Penza region, regardless of the amount of pension they receive.

“We plan to educated 600 people and expect the course to help the elderly get access to state information services,” the Labor Ministry press office stressed.