The Minister of Education underlined the relevant decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan on the appointment of Mustafa Babanli to the post of Rector of Azerbaijan State University of Oil and Industry and wished success to the new rector in his future endeavors and undertakings. The Minister noted that Azerbaijan State University of Oil and Industry has its special place in the higher education system of Azerbaijan Republic. The Minister of Education said that the experts, who have graduated from this educational institution, make a valuable contribution to the economy of Azerbaijan Republic and a number of countries of the world, as well as they are known for their great successes. He also mentioned that this higher education institution is the pioneer of Azerbaijani science and education, at the same time, the major center for innovation in the field of oil industry. Noting the sphere of activity has been opened up in Azerbaijan State University of Oil and Industry in accordance with new challenges, the Minister of Education emphasized the importance of the use of both institutional experience and opportunities of young professionals. This approach, which is a crucial link for the establishment of a transparent scientific environment, provides new opportunities for the university in the direction of potential personnel training for other sectors of industry. The new development strategy of Azerbaijan State University of Oil and Industry will be prepared with the assistance of the Ministry of Education in this field and the international experience in the field of higher education will be used. The newly appointed Rector of the university has heavy commitments on all these and other affairs. Mustafa Babanli, Rector of Azerbaijan State University of Oil and Industry, expressed his gratitude to the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan for the confidence shown to him and said that he would do his best in order to fulfill his duties at the highest level. He also noted that together with the staff of the university, they would mobilize all available opportunities for the implementation of the new targets of Azerbaijan State University of Oil and Industry. It should be noted that according to the relevant decree of the President of Azerbaijan Republic, Azerbaijan State Oil Academy changed its name to Azerbaijan State University of Oil and Industry on September 3. According to another decree of the President, Mustafa Babanli was appointed to the post of Rector of Azerbaijan State University of Oil and Industry. Mustafa Baba oglu Babanli graduated with honors from the faculty of Engineering and Physics, Faculty of Physics of Metals at the National Technical University of Ukraine in 1989. He started his career as an engineer-technologist at Special Construction Technological Bureau of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences. Mustafa Babanli received post-graduate education at the Institute of Physics of Metals of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in 1990-1992. He earned PhD in physics and mathematics, having defended his thesis "Physics of Solids" in 1993. Mustafa Babanli defended his doctoral thesis at the Azerbaijan Technical University in 2008 and received his degree of Doctor of Technical Science in "Materials Science". He is a member of the Dissertation Council of the Azerbaijan Technical University and the Methodical Coordinating Council under the Ministry of Education. He worked as an assistant (1996-2001), associate professor (2001-2010), professor and vice-rector for International Relations (2010-2015) at the Metallurgy and Metal Science Chair of the Azerbaijan Technical University. He is the author of more than 140 scientific articles, 6 inventions, 5 textbooks, 1 manual and 4 monographs. His articles were published in prestigious scientific journals of France, Germany, Russia, Switzerland, Ukraine, the Netherlands and other countries. He led a number of international scientific projects.

07/09/2015 09:54

The purpose of the contest is to encourage teachers who actively use information technology in the teaching process and to support their activities, to inform the educational community about the new teaching methods, to seek new forms of ICT application for teaching purposes. The contest will be held in 2 directions, in 6 categories. The winners of the contest will be awarded laptops, tablets, printers and other special prizes.

07/09/2015 09:52

The candidates, reaching the relevant passing score for subjects, as well as achieving 10% lower than the specified passing score, may participate in the additional placement process. The candidates, reaching the passing score and winning the right to take up a vacant post as a result of the additional placement, will gain the right to work on the basis of the permanent contract, and those who have achieved less than the passing score will have the right to work on the basis of the fixed-term contract until the end of the academic year 2015-2016. Unlike previous years, the new approach was applied after the competition in the current year in the field of taking up vacant posts remaining in general education institutions. So, it was planned to implement the recruitment of highly skilled teachers on fixed-term contract basis in accordance with the centralized competition. The acceptance of electronic applications for additional placement will begin on September 3, 2015 and will be completed on September 6, 2015 at 15:00. In order to participate in the additional placement process, the candidates may choose up to 8 jobs by entering their "Personal page". The candidates, who won the right to take up a vacant post as a result of the additional placement, will be invited for an interview held at the second building of Azerbaijan State Economic University on September 7, 2015 at 14.00. The list of candidates, winning the right to take up a vacant post but not reaching a passing score, will be sent to the appropriate local educational bodies and educational institutions in order to sign long-term contracts. 

07/09/2015 09:50

The main purpose of holding the tournament "Paintball 2015" organized by the Republican Sport Centre “Tehsil” is to strengthen friendly relations and promote a healthy lifestyle among the collectives of the sporting schools. The tournament was attended by the teams of 24 sporting schools. The Republic Specialized Olympic Reserves Child-Youth Sports School No.2 won the first place, the Republic Specialized Olympic Reserves Child-Youth Tennis School No.7 won the second place and the Republic Specialized Olympic Reserves Child-Youth Sports School No.13 of Baku city won the third place in the competition, held in 3 stages. The teams that won the first three places were awarded with valuable gifts.

07/09/2015 09:48

The construction of new educational facilities mainly covers the regions. In accordance with the construction and repair schedule, it was planned to complete the construction of full secondary schools in Morukhlu village of Gadabay region, Turkmankand village of Barda region, Atakishili village of Kurdamir region, Garatorpag village of Sheki region, Anbu village of Lerik region, Yengiyan village of Zagatala region, Sharadil village of Shamakhi region, Artupa and Sym villages of Astara region, Injili village of Jalilabad region, Asparasti and Majka-Khaja villages of Guba region and to hand over them in September and October. In addition, the construction of the school named after Nizami Ganjavi in Shamkir and the family-type small group homes for boys in Lankaran will be completed, the vocational school will be built in Gabala. On the eve of the new academic year, a number of educational institutions, thoroughly repaired, will be put into service for teachers and students. So, thorough repair of the general secondary boarding school in Balakan region, academic building of Baku State Economic and Humanities College, academic building of First Moscow State Medical University was named after I.M. Sechenov, Baku Technical College, Baku State College of Communication and Transport, Republican lyceum of chemistry and biology orientation, general secondary boarding school No.2 for children deprived of parental care in Khazar district of Baku has already been completed. In September, the Ministry of Education will hand over the house, built for the family of Ahliman Huseynov, technology teacher at secondary school No. 5 in Sabirabad. 

04/09/2015 08:50

The event was attended by Jeyhun Bayramov, Deputy Minister of Education, and Pascal Meunier, Ambassador of the Republic of France to Azerbaijan. Pascal Meunier emphasized that there is close cooperation between Azerbaijan and France in all fields and the joint activities in the field of education are based on mutual benefit. The ambassador also noted that there are great opportunities for graduates to study in France. Jeyhun Bayramov, Deputy Minister of Education, noted that along with the school principals, subordinated to the Ministry of Education, as well as recommended by Baku City Education Department, the heads of Sumgait and other city (district) schools, achieved good results in the final exams for the academic year 2013-2014, participated in the training courses. The Deputy Minister also mentioned that the main objective of the intensive training program is to introduce the concept of advanced training system and effective school management for selected school principals and to develop leadership potential of school managers. The training course, which will last until September 9, will be conducted by Professor Florent Pratlong, specially invited from Paris Sorbonne University. In addition, the interactive sessions on leadership, protection of student health within the school, time management, development of presentation skills and other topics will be organized by local trainers within the framework of the course. At the end of the course, the participants will be charged with long-term tasks related to school management and the online monitoring will be conducted based on their results.

04/09/2015 07:08

The main purpose of holding the tournament "Paintball 2015" organized by the Republican Sport Centre “Tehsil” is to strengthen friendly relations and promote a healthy lifestyle among the collectives of the sporting schools. The tournament is attended by the teams of 24 sporting schools. The competition will be held in 3 stages. The first, second, and third place winners will be awarded with valuable prizes.

03/09/2015 10:14

In the reception, held in accordance with citizens` reception schedule of heads of central executive authorities for August, 2015 in the town and regions, the citizens mostly appealed on recruiting teachers or changing workplace from one school to another or from one region to another, restoration to the work, recognition of the education documents, transfer of the students of secondary, higher and secondary specialized schools from one education institution to another, study abroad, tuition fee and other issues. Appeals of 122 citizens were heard and most of issues were settled operatively in the reception. Relevant bodies of the Ministry were instructed in connection with several appeals. The citizens` appeals, having a personal character and not being within the competence of the Ministry, were registered and taken under control in order to be delivered to the relevant bodies.

03/09/2015 09:59

The contest, dedicated to the use of information technology in education, will be organized in various categories on the "Teacher" and "Student" directions. The purpose of the contest is to encourage teachers who actively use information technology in the teaching process and to support their activities, to promote the best electronic teaching aids among a wide audience of users, to inform the educational community about the new teaching methods implemented by using the possibilities of the internet, to seek new forms of ICT application for teaching purposes, to expand the use of electronic resources in educational institutions, to motivate teachers and students to create electronic resources and to use the available resources. The contest may be attended by the teaching staff of educational institutions, the Methodist experts of institutions engaged in advanced training and retraining of teaching staff, as well as the students. Those wishing to participate in the contest should be registered on the page www.musabiqe.edu.az and must fill out an application. The winners will be awarded with diplomas and gifts.

27/08/2015 18:29

24437 people have submitted an application for 3462 vacant positions in order to participate in the competition. 21795 of them have been allowed to take part in the first stage of the competition - in the examinations by approving their petitions. According to the results of the first placement, 1877 people have had the right to be employed. After the competition for the recruitment of teachers to general education institutions and vocational lyceums, the additional placement process has been conducted for the vacant positions. 3599 people, reaching a passing score in the examinations but failing to take up a vacant post, have applied to participate in the additional placement process. As a result of the additional placement process, 356 people have been employed. So, according to the results of the competition, a total of 2233 people have been employed. The incentive measures have been applied to 1589 (71%) of them. This year, the indicators for taking up vacant posts as a result of the competition are 32% higher than the previous year's results. So, in the past academic year, 1692 people were employed, but their number has increased by 540 people in the current academic year. Although more than 20 thousand candidates have participated in the competition held this year, no one has filed an appeal for the results.

27/08/2015 18:24