Education Minister Misir Mardanov has opened the ceremony by expressing his pleasure in welcoming the guests at the Ministry. He talked about relations between Azerbaijan and China and creation of educational cooperation within this relationship. The Minister also highlighted the development of educational ties between the two countries after Azerbaijan has gained its independence.  Noting more than 200 Chinese students are currently studying at universities of Azerbaijan, the Minister underlined the 16 of them are studying on a free of charge basis within the scholarship of Azerbaijani side. Moreover, about 40 students from Azerbaijan are studying at universities of China on a state-paid basis, and 17 students have already graduated from Chinese universities. According to M. Mardanov, the goal of the agreement is to promote the educational cooperation between the two countries, provide teacher and student exchange, extend mutual relations between higher-education institutions. Talking about the importance of agreement the Minister expressed his hope that the document will contribute to the development of educational cooperation between the two countries. The ambassador of People’s Republic of China to Azerbaijan Hong Jiuyin thanked the Minister for the warm welcome. He touched upon educational ties between Azerbaijan and China and noted the importance of their expansion. Noting the agreement on educational cooperation has a great importance for both sides Mr. Hong Jiuyin underlined his belief that the cooperation in the relevant field will further increase. At the end, Education Minister Misir Mardanov and Ambassador of People’s Republic of China to Azerbaijan Hong Jiuyin signed the agreement for the educational cooperation for the period 2012-2015. The signing ceremony was attended by Ambassador of Azerbaijan to People’s Republic of China Latif Gandilov.

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Education Minister Misir Mardanov expressed his pleasure at welcoming the guests in Azerbaijan and at the Ministry of Education. The Minister talked about the historical ties of friendship between the two countries and noted many Iranian students are currently studying at universities of Azerbaijan. He also touched upon the relationship in the education field between Azerbaijan and Iran, and underlined the cooperation existing between universities of the two countries. The Minister talked about his meetings with students from Iran studying at different universities of Azerbaijan, and underlined the assistance provided to them to solve their problems. Mr. Mardanov underscored the importance of expanding the educational cooperation and establishing of a joint working group that will be involved in solving some problems in this field. Education Minister highly praised the visit of Iranian Education Minister to Azerbaijan and invited him to visit our country again to become more familiar with the education system of Azerbaijan. Talking about the goal of his visit to Azerbaijan Education and Training Minister of Islamic Republic of Iran Hamid Reza Haji Babaei expressed his pleasure at meeting with Minister Mardanov.  He underlined the mutual relations between Azerbaijan and Iran and expressed his belief that the meeting will contribute to the development of educational cooperation.  The Iranian Minister talked about the education system of Iran, including researches conducted in this field over the last 7 years and substantial changes. He also underlined the importance of establishing cooperation in fields such as secondary special education, student-teacher exchange, textbooks, etc. Education and Training Minister of Islamic Republic of Iran Hamid Reza Haji Babaei has invited Minister Mardanov to Iran. The meeting was attended by Ambassador of Iran to Azerbaijan Mohammad Bagher Bahrami.

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The meeting was devoted to the discussion of results for accreditation of Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Odlar Yurdu University, Azerbaijan Cooperation University, Baku Basic Medical College No. 2 and Ganja Music College. Speaking at the opening of the meeting Education Minister Misir Mardanov underlined the importance of accreditation of higher-education institutions and shared his views on the relevant issues.   Chair of the Accreditation Committee on Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Head of Law Department at National Aviation Academy Ibrahim Guliyev gave information on accreditation results conducted at the Academy. According to him,  the committee reviewed the status of organizing and conducting of the training, its compliance with state educational standards, tested the knowledge of final year students to find out their professional training level and highly praised the activity of Academy. Mr. Guliyev also talked about the activity of Academy, its logistics base, employment provision of students, as well as noted some recommendations of the committee. Head of Accreditation Department of Ministry of Education Habib Zarbaliyev talked on the results for accreditation of Odlar Yurdu University. He spoke about professional training quality at university, number of faculty members and other indicators, as well as the conclusion made by the committee.    Chair of the Accreditation Committee on Azerbaijan Cooperation University, Head of Industrial Economics and Management Department at Azerbaijan Technical University Ramiz Isgandarov gave detailed information on the activity of the University. He talked about the refresher courses taken by the faculty members of the university abroad, employment provision of students and other statistical data. Next, Chair of the Accreditation Committee of Baku Basic Medical College No. 2, Professor of Azerbaijan Medical University Akif Gurbanov spoke about the content of education programs for the specialties presented for the accreditation and the organization of the teaching process at institution. Chairman of the Accreditation Committee for Ganja Music College, Head of Department at Baku Slavic University Nurida Novruzov gave information about educational conditions at college, number of textbooks published under the imprint for every 10 teachers of teaching staff over the past five years, as well as the activity of teaching staff. Next, the questions taken from members of the Council were responded and made some recommendations. At the meeting, activities of Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan and Odlar Yurdu University were rated as good, activities of Azerbaijan Cooperation University and other two colleges as satisfactory. It was also decided to accredit the relevant specialties of these institutions.

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Exams for positions of physical training teacher and head of pre-conscription military training of youth started on July 23. According to the exam results, 110 candidates have been recruited to become physical training teachers, as well as 39 to heads of pre-conscription military training of youth.  It should be noted that, the competition for recruitment of teachers to vacant posts is conducted at three levels and in a centralised manner. 16 195 candidates for 3270 unfilled posts have submitted an e-application for the first level that will be held from 1 to 15 July. Their indicators for educational achievements have been assessed via the software programme, and 728 applications have been rejected due to the inconsistency in specialty. As a result, the applications of 15 467 candidates were confirmed, and they passed to the second level of the competition. A majority of candidates, who was accepted to the second level of competition, are wishing to work as a primary school teacher. 39 candidates submitted their application for 143 vacant posts in Baku and 3764 candidates for 104 unfilled posts in other cities and regions. 2731 applicants submitted e-applications for English language teaching jobs, 2160 appliers for Azerbaijan language and literature, 1483 for Mathematics, and 1112 for History teacher jobs. The most vacant posts are offered for Geography teacher jobs (21 in Baku, 407 in other cities and regions). 646 applicants received a right to participate in the second level on this specialty.  

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According to the results, 4 applicants have been recruited to become Russian language and literature teacher, 14 – Russian language, 11- German language, 10- French language, 14 Music, 40- labour training, and 11 - fine arts and drawing teachers. On July 25, applicants took an exam on Geograhy subject.

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On July 25, 188 from 646 candidates taken part in the Geography exam have been accepted for the job. On July 26 and 27, 729 applicants will check their knowledge in the Physics.

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It was revealed according to the results of exams held on 26-27 July. It should be noted that today applicants hoping to receive a Biloligy teacher job are taken exams. There are 346 vacant posts for 726 applicants on this subject.

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According to the results, 181 applicants have been recruited to become Biology teacher and 153 to become a chemistry teacher. On August 1, 2 and 3, 1483 applicants will take an exam to receive one of the 271 vacant posts in Mathematics.

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According to the results of the exam held on 1-3 August, 250 applicants have been recruited to become a mathematics teacher. English language exams will be held from 6 to 10 August. 2731 appliers will compete for 247 vacant posts.

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8 of Azeri pupils, who took part in the festival, were representing Baku European Lyceum, 2 - Young Talents Lyceum of Baku State University and others - Baku Private Turkish Lyceum "Cag" Ogretim Isletmeleri, School-Lyceum Ankara Mektebi, schools No. 159 and 167 of Baku and School-Lyceum “Dafina” of Masalli district. The International Children's Centre “Artek” was established in 1925 and is located in the town of Gurzuf of the Crimean peninsula. The International Children's Festival “Let's change the world for the better!” has been held at Artek since 2001. Since then, the festival was attended by over 4000 pupils from 60 countries. The main goal of the festival is to contribute to the formation of the principles of tolerance, equality of rights, freedom of thought in children. The festival was organized by Ukrainian Charitable Foundation of Hope and Good, and the Artek International Children Centre. The participation of Azeri pupils in the festival was initiated by the State Committee for Family, Women and Children. Azerbaijani delegation was led by a teacher of Baku European Lyceum Aliona Sazonova. The festival was composed of two main parts – sessions of the General Assembly of the International Organization “World Children League of Nations and culture programme “Planet of talents.” During the festival, our delegation was active in all fields and has shown good results. Student of X class of Baku European Lyceum Saleh Jafarov was elected chairman of the International Organization “World Children League of Nations.” He will coordinate the activity of 17 national coordinators of 54 countries during the next year. It should be noted that the International Organization “World Children League of Nations” was founded in 2009. Leaders of children's organizations, members of Youth Parliament and journalists are taken an active part in the work of the league. Student of X class of Baku European Lyceum Rafael Hajibeyli has been elected a coordinator on the theme of “It is fashionable to be healthy!” as one of the 17 ambassadors of good works in the World Children League of Nations. He will coordinate relevant activities within this field in the remaining 54 countries. Student of VIII class of Baku European Lyceum Fidan Ismayilova was awarded a diploma for outstanding work in the International Children's Media Centre and was invited to the International Festival of Journalists, which will be held in Kiev in May 2013. Representatives of the Azeri delegation have won the first three places in the chess tournament held at Yantarni camp. Thus, students of BEL Saleh Jafarov won the first, Murad Ismayilov - the second and Rafael Hajibeyli the third places. Saleh Jafarov has also won the individual competition in Artek chess tournament. It's should be noted that, as a result of daily rehearsals during the month, Azeri students prepared four music and two dance compositions and performed them in the culture programme “Planet of talents” on a par with professional teams from other countries, and have entered to the top ten winners. The number of prepared by Azeri students materials were considered, and they were allocated an additional “tent show.” The Azeri students have organized various competitions, quizzes and games dedicated to Azerbaijan, and the winners were awarded with incentive prizes and souvenirs, lavishly decorated with national symbols. Children from other countries were informed in detail about the customs and traditions, culture and history of Azerbaijan and treated to sweets from the national cuisine. Our students have also won “The most good-natured person” nomination in the Teams Presentation competition. Moreover, our students have received special diplomas for their performances in the camps “Ozyorniy” and “Morskoy."

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