Education is the future of the nation!
An unforgettable meeting with the elderly teacher seen the past, living present and looking with optimism in the future of Azerbaijan education.
During the visit, representatives of the media in Salyan and the adjacent areas, held a meeting with the honored teacher with 65 years of teaching experience, Imamverdi Abilov. His optimistic thoughts and views of the future of education system in Azerbaijan, were met with interest. Imamverdi Abilov told about his memories of the most famous representatives of Azerbaijan intellectuals who lived and created in the last century, has shown journalists the unusual library. Here found their place dozens of books with autographs, memorable words of famous writers, scientists, statesmen of Azerbaijan and some other countries, addressed to Imamverdi Abilov. A person living in one of the smallest districts of Azerbaijan, known not only in the Republic, but also in the former Soviet Union, Europe, appreciates his thoughts, appreciate his ideas, visit personally to meet.
Imamverdi muallim, having told about a meeting in 1954 with national writer Samed Vurgun, about that Samed Vurgun exactly in this room has written poems, noted with satisfaction that he has been constantly visited by representatives of the older generation, young people and ordinary people.
It is much written about Imamverdi Abilov in periodicals and, books, many television channels showing series dedicated to the 65-th anniversary of his pedagogical activities. But, to sit face to face with the 87-years aged teacher, to listen to its memoirs on the people familiar to us under historical and literary books, to consider books, each of which can be considered as a museum piece, photos from its library is absolutely other sensation. The more you look, the more surprised - it is interesting what force pulled great historical figures of the country in this small area, in this simple house? But, listening somewhere sad, somewhere stated with the pride, interesting stories and memories of Imamverdi Abilov you find the answer to the question - for dialogue with such person it is necessary to go not only to Neftechala, but also in any remote corner of the world.
Imamverdi Abilov was born 87 years ago, in 1927 in village Goltuk of area Neftchalinskogo. Early lost the father, Imamverdi Abilov has grown under trusteeship of his uncle. Small Imamverdi, whose childhood has passed in military years, has ended 7-years education in village and to 16 years has gone to work on a fishing factory. But, despite of it, he has not lost interest to a science, the literature, not tossed the desire to study. Through hard work, in year 1946 he successfully graduated from the Pedagogical Technical School in Buzovna.
Differing in the literacy, capabilities, Imamverdi muallim also accepted hot participation in socially political life of area Neftchala. Worked on such positions, as the secretary of Regional Committee of Komsomol, the department head of propagation, and second secretary of the Neftchala Regional Committee of the Party.
He was a delegate to the meeting held in Moscow in 1988, the Soviet Union Congress of Educators, and to 1989 year – at the constituent assembly of pedagogical communities. In 1985, is awarded premiums “Excellence in Education of the USSR" and in 1990 graduated from the all-Union pedagogical Krupskaya prize.
Along with political activism, Imamverdi Abilov was engaged in a literary - artistic creation. His first poem has been printed in 1944 year in the newspaper "Bolshevik". This poem has appreciated Samed Vurgun. But Imamverdi muallim became known more for his literary works, periodicals with scientific, literary and critical articles, comments on the literary events and trends. In 1960 year published his first book, dedicated to Rasul Rza. Literary scholars appreciate this piece as a fundamental source of Rasul Rza. In the same year, Imamverdi Abilov has been awarded the honoured title "Leading Figure of the Enlightenment". We shall note, that some examples from its publicist works are published in the manual “Family”.
Since 50th years of the last century, Imamverdi muallim takes effect in the literary world for his research works. The young writer one after another writes monumental works, research papers on traditions and innovation, about search of the poetic form, about possibilities of an epic genre, the children's literature, on types of lyrical works, scientific works on the literature and on educational subject matters, about work of all known representatives of the Azerbaijani literature.
He is the author of books such as "Rasul Rza", "Travel to our sincere world," "In the light of memories," "From the remote past to the distant future", "creative way of Rasul Rza", " Shrine of martyrs, the prayer of mercy", "Centuries…Generations... Acts", "Dignity of elders", "'From sunset until dawn of life", "Between the era and time", "Serving the people is a bridge to the people's love", "Miracle of nature and thinking, "Life of Aksakal" and many others.
Samed Vurgun, Suleyman Ragimov, Ismail Shykhly, Firudin Kecharli, Aziz Djafarzade, to the Gulu Halilov, Nodar Dombadze, Ziya Bunyadov, Anar Elchin, Bekir Nabiyev, Yashar Karayev, Abdulyatif Benderogly, Masud Alioglu, Osman Sarivelli, Aliaga Kerchayli, Halil Rza, Khudu Mamedov and other people of culture, literature and science appreciated creativity of Imamverdi Abilov, contributed their valuable thoughts about it.
An effective literary, scientific and pedagogical activity of Imamverdi Abilov is highly appreciated also by the government. He was awarded various honorary diplomas and medals, awarded "honorary diploma of Samed Vurgun”, "Academician Mehdi Mehdizadeh ", "Scientific and cultural" prize, a literary prize "Rasul Rza," "Khudu Mamedov," was awarded the diploma "The famous educator of Azerbaijan," and was awarded the honorary title "Honored teacher of the Republic of Azerbaijan."
His reports on symposiums “Masters of Shahriyar”, lead in 1998 in Teheran and Tabriz, are published in the form of the book.
Imamverdi Abilov, elected in 2006, Member (academician) of the International Academy of Sciences for the study of the Turkic world, for merits in development of Azerbaijani-Turkish literature is awarded by the Council of the International Scientific Center "Vector" titles of professor, honored doctor. In 2007, he was elected as the Envoy of the World Federation for Universal peace and Interreligious International Federation. In August last year for great contribution in the field of literature the UN awarded him the order of "for faith and confidence."
Imamverdi muallim alive history. The memoirs written and told by him are irreplaceable, from the point of view of studying the Azerbaijani Literature and known historic figures. Stored archive scientist-literary books, photographs, letters, gifts are of interest to any visitor. Residents of Neftechala are proud of the compatriot who has united in such qualities, as goodwill, wisdom and intelligence. Imamverdi Abilov, the wisdom not unitary helped and directed people, and nowadays at aged age closely tracks progress of formation in the country, does not hide the pleasure connected with reached successes, to share the advice which is resulting from its profound knowledge. Imamverdi muallim, having estimated the signing “State Strategy for the Development of Education in the Republic of Azerbaijan” as the important event, has expressed his confidence that through the implementation of the strategy of education will move to a new stage of progress.
08.07.2015 - 16:52
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