The ceremony was attended by Mikayil Jabbarov, Minister of Education, Alimpasha Mammadov, head of executive power of Shamkir region, and representatives of the region's educational community. First of all, the guests got acquainted with the school building. It was noted that the construction of Shamkir city secondary school named after Nizami Ganjavi, that was built by the Ministry of Education for 640 pupils, began in December last year. There are 26 classrooms, 2 Chemistry, 2, biology and 2 physics labs, 2 labor training rooms, computer room, 2 training rooms for distance education system, an assembly hall, a gym, a library and a football ground at school,  built with high quality materials over 10 months. The school building was equipped with video surveillance, fire alarm systems, Internet and telephone lines. Speaking at the ceremony, Mikayil Jabbarov, Minister of Education, noted that more than 3,000 secondary schools had been built and overhauled in Azerbaijan in the last 12 years. The construction of the educational institution in Shamkir is a good example of the care and attention of the President to the field of education. Thanks to this attention, new school buildings are constructed in all regions and cities of the country and continuous measures are implemented in order to strengthen the material and technical base of educational institutions. All conditions were provided for receiving a quality education at school that was newly put into operation. In the end, they talked with the educational community of the region and teaching staff of this educational institution.

15/10/2015 06:18

On October 9, the 9th Azerbaijan International Education and Career exhibitions were launched at Baku Expo Centre with the official support of the Ministry of Education. The opening ceremony of the event was attended by Jeyhun Bayramov, Deputy Minister of Education, heads of higher and secondary specialized educational institutions, representatives of the diplomatic corps in the country. In his speech, Jeyhun Bayramov noted that the role of education in economic life is one of the main challenges of recent period. So, education plays a crucial role in improving the knowledge and skills of people and in preparing them for a successful future. Deputy Minister noted that the exhibition would contribute to the cooperative relationships among the various educational institutions and would create additional opportunities for educators and learners. 124 enterprises from 16 countries are participating in the International "Education" exhibition, which began today. The higher education institutions of Azerbaijan, USA, UAE, Russia, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Switzerland, Hungary and other countries, as well as colleges, education and training courses, public organizations and institutions are among the participants. The First Moscow State Medical University named after I.M. Sechenov, Samara State Aerospace University named after academician S.P. Korolyov, Institute of Transport and Communications of Latvia, the National University of Science and Technology "MISiS", Mordovia State National Research University named after N.P.Ogarev, Poland's University of Euroregional Economy take part in the exhibition for the first time. Detailed information on plans and programs, intended by the Ministry of Education for the coming years, is made available at the stand of the Ministry, which caused great interest of the participants. Within the framework of the exhibition, Akif Suleymanov, Rector of Azerbaijan University of Technology, and Bahruz Hidayatzadeh, director of "Caspian Event Organisers" LLC, signed a memorandum of cooperation. The purpose of the memorandum, signed in the presence of Deputy Education Minister Jeyhun Bayramov, is to create additional opportunities for the implementation of the Customer Oriented Program and to provide support for the effective implementation of the program. It should be noted that Customer Oriented Program, implemented by the Ministry of Education, is conducted as a pilot program at Azerbaijan University of Technology. The main goal of the program is to encourage higher education institutions to focus on customer-oriented activities. The educational community shows great interest in the two-day exhibition.

13/10/2015 09:50

The Ministry of Education held the ceremony for presenting awards to a group of employees of Children`s Creative Center of Nizami district, who were awarded a Certificate of Merit. The event was attended by Firudin Gurbanov, Deputy Minister of Education. Certificates of Merit were awarded to employees of the Creative Center for their active participation in the organization of the concert review held at Azerbaijan State Theatre of Young Spectators by amateur artistic groups of Children's Creative Centers operating in Baku. The concert program was composed of 30 best performances on dancing, singing and playing musical instruments. The purpose of the concert, which was attended by nearly 300 Circle members, is to inform the public about the work done by Children's Creative Centers that have special role in the effective organization of children's leisure time and in revealing their talents, as well as to expand the involvement of talented children in these centers. The event was attended by parents, official guests, heads of Creative Centers and teaching staff. At the awards ceremony, Firudin Gurbanov congratulated those who were awarded and presented them with their awards.

13/10/2015 09:42

The national teams of the Ministry of Education have achieved success at the Third International Student Festival held among the CIS countries. Teams of schoolchildren from 12 countries have competed in 7 sports at the Festival held in Ulyanovsk, Russia. During the competitions, our country has been represented by basketball, chess, table tennis and badminton teams consisting of students of sporting schools operating under the Ministry of Education. Our representatives have won second place in basketball and chess, third place in table tennis in the standings. In addition, two Azerbaijani athletes have won third place in badminton in doubles competition. In general, our athletes have won 12 medals in the competitions.

12/10/2015 07:27

In the academic year 2015-2016, 51 foreign students were accepted into Azerbaijan State University of Economics (ASUE). 21 of them chose training courses for foreign students, 19 of them chose bachelor's degree, 3 of them chose master`s degree, 7 of them chose MBA and 1 of them chose doctoral degree.    Foreign students mostly preferred the specialties of Global Economics and Finance. Nigerian citizens prevail by the 21-member squad among the students. In general, foreign students studying at ASUE are citizens of Russia, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Georgia, Iran, Kuwait and Pakistan. Starting from this year, admission of foreign students to ASUE was conducted only in electronic form. 85 electronic applications were accepted through the web page (http://admission.unec.edu.az/), created for this purpose. The applications were examined in accordance with the requirements of the "Rules of study of citizens of the Republic of Azerbaijan in foreign countries and foreigners and stateless persons in the Republic of Azerbaijan" approved by Resolution No. 125 of the Cabinet of Ministers of Azerbaijan Republic dated May 15, 2015. After that, online interviews were organized via Skype with the applicants who meet the requirements. In the end, 51 people were deemed eligible to study at ASUE. A total of 225 foreign students are currently studying at ASUE.

12/10/2015 07:24

The ceremony of awarding the heads and collaborators of the Department for organization of the extracurricular activity under the Ministry of Education, at the same time, the sporting schools and creative centers operating in the system of the Ministry was held. At the ceremony, it was noted that within 1-month period starting from May 27, members of recitation, rhetoric, song, vocal and dance groups operating in the Republican Creative House for Young Learners performed on "Ifam" public stage, established in the Fountain Square of Baku in order to provide support for the Baku-2015 First European Games. About 400 out of 956 participants, who performed on "Ifam" stage, were the circle members of the Creative House. The staff of the Republican Creative House and the Department for organization of the extracurricular activity under the Ministry of Education played an important role in the involvement of pupils and students in this work, their coordination, the creation of conditions for the public to watch the concert and implementation of other work. Taking this into account, the director and several collaborators of the Republican Creative House were awarded a Certificate of Merit. A certificate of merit was awarded to the staff of Children and Youth Sports Schools operating under the Ministry during the First European Games for the services rendered by them while conducting mass sporting competitions and implementing organizational work during the competitions. During the ceremony, Firudin Gurbanov, Deputy Minister of Education, congratulated those who have been awarded and presented them with their awards.

12/10/2015 07:21

On October 8, the signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Cooperation in providing support for the projects "Skills for the business world" and "Hotel Administrator" between the Ministry of Education and the British Council was held. The document was signed by Firudin Gurbanov, Deputy Minister of Education, and Elizabeth Vaud, head of Azerbaijani delegation of the "British Council". At the ceremony, it was noted that the project entitled "Skills for the business world" was intended to improve the knowledge and skills of students studying ICT and telecommunication in the institutions of initial vocational education, as well as to conduct training sessions for teachers operating in the relevant specialties in these education institutions. The purpose of the implementation of the project is to provide students with basic knowledge of economics and business. In addition, the project will provide opportunities for students to gain practical knowledge in the fields of ICT and telecommunication through the internship program. The main objective of the project entitled "Hotel Administrator" is to increase the capacity of specialty subject teachers in Hotel administration in the vocational school no. 5 in Baku. Within the framework of this project, it was intended to prepare relevant curriculum in accordance with national standards and to implement the work experience programs for students and engineering-teaching staff.

12/10/2015 07:17

The results of the competition for the recruitment of teachers for the academic year 2015-2016 were announced at the conference. It was noted that 18574 out of 24437 people, who applied for 3462 vacancies in order to participate in the competition, took part in the exam. According to the results of the competition, 2441 people were employed in the Azerbaijani section, 177 people were employed in the Russian section, a total of 2618 people were employed. 1887 of them are those who chose the village schools where the incentive measures were applied. In addition, according to the results of the competition, it was agreed that 434 people would be employed on a fixed term contract. During the event, it was spoken about the reform measures implemented in order to prepare teachers and education managers with professional knowledge and competencies and to enhance the prestige of the teaching profession in accordance with the National Strategy for the development of education. It was noted that the first 300 students, who scored 500 or more points in admission to higher education institutions this year and chose the teaching profession in the first place, were awarded with Future Teachers Scholarship in amount of 100 manat. Thus, the number of students receiving Future Teachers Scholarship reached 600 people. This year, 8656 people chose the teaching profession in the entrance examination. 1269 of them scored 500 and more than 500 points. This is 5 percent more than the previous year. At the same time, the average passing score of those, who chose the teaching profession in the academic year 2015-2016, increased and reached 364 points. At the press conference, it was informed that by the end of this year, the diagnostic assessment of knowledge and skills of teachers working in state secondary schools would be held in 12 cities and regions of the country - Ganja, Sumgait, Shirvan, Absheron, Hajigabul, Imishli, Masalli, Khachmaz, Jalilabad, Saatli, Gubadly and Sabirabad, as well as more than 35,000 teachers would participate in the assessment process. At the end of the conference, the numerous questions by the media representatives were answered.

07/10/2015 05:49

The citizens mostly appealed on recruitment of teachers or replacement of work place from one school to another one also from one region to another one, restoration to the work, recognition of educational documents, transfer of the students of higher and secondary schools from one educational institution to another one, study fee and other issues in the reception held in accordance with citizens’ reception schedule of heads of central executive authorities in the town and regions for September, 2015. Appeals of 33 citizens have been listened in reception and most of problems have been settled immediately. Relevant authorities have been tasked on several appeals. Appeals of several citizens that have personal characteristics or aren’t related to the authorities of the Ministry were recorded in order to deliver to relevant authorities and taken under control.   

05/10/2015 06:28

According to statistics, 11479 calls (7.4 times more than relevant period of 2013, 1.4 times more than relevant period of 2014) have been received by Call Center. 7598 citizens have been served by Citizens Reception Center. Most of the appeals (mostly were of request character) received by Call Center and Reception Center have been responded immediately and settled operatively. According to their inquiries, 662 citizens have been registered for reception of relevant authorities of the Ministry of Education in electronic form. 1704 documents (655 letters, 981 petitions, 68 other documents) have been received and registered in Reception Center. Most of the appeals covered the issues related to recognition (nostrification) of higher education documents (diplomas), recruitment and replacement of teachers, admission of children to secondary schools and their replacement, rehabilitation and transfer to the local higher education institutions. It should be noted that Call Center received the appeals mostly on Wednesday (2851 calls) and Tuesday (2738 calls) mainly from 10:00 to 12:00 and from 13:30 to 16:00 over last month. Citizens Reception Center received the appeals mostly on Monday (1865 appeals), Wednesday (1804 appeals) and Tuesday (1781 appeals) from 10:00 to 12:00 and from 14:00 to 16:00.

05/10/2015 06:24