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On May 31, Education Minister Misir Mardanov met with a delegation led by Konstantin Kosachev, Head of the Federal Agency for CIS Countries.
The meeting was attended by the Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Azerbaijan Vladimir Dorokhin and Head of Russian Information and Cultural Centre Anvar Sheykhov.
Education Minister welcomed the guests and underlined the rapid development of relations between Azerbaijan and Russia in all areas, particularly in the field of education. Noting there is an increasing interest in learning Russian at secondary schools of Azerbaijan, the Minister stressed that more attention has been paid to the teaching of Russian language in the country compared to the early 1990s. According to him, there is no problem in teaching Russian language at universities of the country, and the study of Russian at secondary schools of Baku is also conducted at a very high level. However, the Minister stressed the need to improve the teaching level of Russian language at secondary schools of regions. He suggested preparing Russian language teaching programs, as well as establishing Russian lyceums in Azerbaijan, and expressed his interest in the position of guests on these issues.
Konstantin Kosachev, Head of the Federal Agency for CIS Countries, thanked the Minister for the warm welcome. He expressed his satisfaction with the Russian language teaching process in Azerbaijan and said that there is a need for more practical works and training of professionals in any country in the world to improve Russian language teaching. He also touched on issues such as financial support from Russia for the development of Russian language, and creation of legal basis for the relevant cooperation. K. Kosachev highly praised the conditions created for the teaching of Russian language in Azerbaijan. He accepted the relevant proposals of the Minister and noted the relevant works will be implemented regarding the above mentioned issues.
At the meeting, the sides have also discussed other issues of common interest.
08.07.2015 - 16:52
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