Azerbaijan is elected as a member of “World Skills Asia” organization, known as the Olympiad of vocational education personnel. The organization envisages the regional cooperation via World Skills competition at the Asian continent, the organization of competitions, as well as the exchange of possible experience in the development of knowledge and skills. “The World Skills Asia” competition is also known as the Olympiad of vocational education personnel. The main task of the competition is the development of skills and professions in the field of technology, as well as services, which are important for the world economy, the promotion of knowledge and skills in this field among member countries. In the biennial competitions, our country is expected to participate in the World Skills Asia competition, which will be held in November this year in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates.

03/04/2020 13:05

The "Virtual School" project will be launched by the Ministry of Education on April 2. The project aims to ensure interactivity of the television lessons broadcast by the Ministry of Education and to increase the opportunities for distance teaching in general. The "Virtual School" project is being implemented within the framework of cooperation between the Ministry of Education and “Microsoft” corporation. Each pupil, having registered on the "Virtual School" portal, will be assigned to a class corresponding to his or her age, where he or she will perform homework prepared by teachers in accordance with the topics which are taught on weekly TV lessons. New tasks on various topics and subjects will be added to the portal every week. At the same time, the portal will provide an opportunity for online lessons for teachers. The students will be able to use the "Chat" function to communicate with their peers through video and audio. It should be noted that there is also a mobile version for the portal "Virtual School". To use it, students must download the “Microsoft Teams” application from the AppStore and Google Play markets and register on the portal with a username and personal password.   Instructions on the "Virtual School" project are provided:    

03/04/2020 12:55

In order to organize distance education-teaching process, the Ministry of Education has created an opportunity for the free use of “Microsoft Teams” platform on higher and secondary education levels.    Video-instructions for teachers and students on using the platform have been prepared and posted on the video lessons portal (video.edu.az). The platform will provide a wide range of opportunities to educational institutions. By using the platform the educational institutions will be able to provide distance teaching via video connection, to use interactive tools to organize teacher-student discussions, to transfer various lesson materials such as syllabus and lectures, as well as larger materials, to plan online lessons through calendar tool, to organize group works and use assessment tools.

03/04/2020 12:41

On February 26, the first lessons in educational institutions have been dedicated to Khojaly genocide. In accordance with “Plan of Actions” of the Ministry of Education on holding 28th anniversary of Khojaly Genocide, memory of the victims of Khojaly have been commemorated in lessons conducted, and the students have been provided with detailed information on Khojaly genocide. In accordance with the Action Plan, memorial nights, photo and drawing  exhibitions devoted to the Khojaly genocide, meetings with witnesses have been organized, documentary and feature films devoted to the Khojaly genocide have been demonstrated in the educational institutions. It should be noted that teachers and students of the educational institutions also visit the monument "Mother’s Shout" in memory of the victims of Khojaly genocide.

27/02/2020 11:36

Electronic document reception for transfer of students from higher education institutions within the country and abroad, or transfer from one specialty to another, as well as transfer of students of secondary specialized educational institutions located in our country and those studying in master level is completed. A total of 3083 applications have been registered during the electronic document reception carried out through transfer.edu.az portal from February 1 to February 7.  The number of people applied for transfer from higher education institutions or for changing their specialties is 2668 persons, while the number of applicants for transfer from secondary specialized educational institutions is 415 persons.  Students' applications are currently under consideration. The results are expected to be announced in March.

11/02/2020 11:57

The Ministry of Education and “Elsevier” corporation of Netherlands, which is the world’s leading scientific-analytics company, signed Protocol of Intention on February 3. It was noted that the main purpose of signing the Protocol of Intention is to expand access of higher educational institutions in Azerbaijan to international scientific databases, increase the number of international scientific publications, to ensure that published scientific articles and journals are in complience with international requirements, consequently, to achieve promotion of local educational institutions in international ratings lists of authoritative organizations (“QS World University Rankings”, "The Financial Times", "Shanghai Ranking"and etc.). It should be noted that "Elsevier" corporation is a publishing and analytical company specializing in scientific, technical and medical content serving over 180 countries. With more than 16 million documents and 30,000 e-books in its archives, the company publishes more than 470,000 articles annually in more than 2,500 journals. The annual downloads for the company's products exceed 1 billion. In recent years, Azerbaijan has occupied the first place among the countries of the Southern Caucasus in terms of the total volume of scientific research works and the dynamics of growth in publishing activity. Within the framework of cooperation with “Elsevier” corporation, it is  envisaged to strengthen our country's position in the scientific arena.

04/02/2020 16:41

Minister of Education Jeyhun Bayramov met with the delegation headed by dean of Global Education Projects Group of Inha University of the Republic of South Korea Mr. Kiyon Chohun on January 31. During the meeting, the sides discussed the establishment of an international dual degree program in engineering specialty between the Baku Engineering University and the Inha University of the South Korea in the framework of the "State Program on Increasing the International Competitiveness of the Higher Education System in the Republic of Azerbaijan for 2019-2023". To this end, the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the two universities has been highly appreciated. The meeting was also attended by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of South Korea to Azerbaijan Kim Tong Op.

03/02/2020 17:39

The presentation of the NBA Azerbaijan Junior League for boys and girls aged 12-14 has been organized by the American National Basketball Association (NBA) and the Azerbaijan Basketball Federation (ABF). The event was attended by Minister of Youth and Sports Azad Rahimov, Deputy Minister of Education Firudin Gurbanov, Vice-President of the National Olympic Committee Chingiz Huseynzade, Vice-President of NBA for Europe, Africa and Middle East countries Jesus Paskaul, US Ambassador to Azerbaijan Lee Litzenberger, President of the Azerbaijan Basketball Association Nadir Nasibov.  In his address Minister of Youth and Sports Azad Rahimov spoke about assistance and attention given by our state to sports. Azad Rahimov noted that sports in Azerbaijan is developing from day to day and current material-technical base of sports contributes to a progress of a basketball in our country. Azad Rahimov had also touched successes achieved by our sportsmen over last year.     In his speech Deputy Minister of Education Firudin Gurbanov spoke about an importance of NBA Azerbaijan Junior League that would be held in our country. He noted that this project would play a positive in leading school children to healthy lifestyle and in detecting talented sportsmen. Firudin Gurbanov also noted that this step would contribute to a formation of basketball teams in each of schools in Azerbaijan in future. Noting that thanks to the creation of the Junior League, the popularity of this type of sport in the regions will increase over the next one year, Firudin Gurbanov thanked everyone who contributed to this work. In their speeches the guests at the event had expressed their thoughts about the project and wished successes to organizers of the event. At the end of the event, questions from the media have been answered and a memorable gift has been presented to the official guest at the event. It should be noted that the league matches will be held from March to May of the current year according to the rules established by the NBA system and structure. The project will identify 30 teams comprised of boys and girls across the country.

03/02/2020 10:05

Signing ceremony for Agreement on a dual degree program between the Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University (ASPU) and George Washington University (USA) was held on January 31. The ceremony was attended by Minister of Education Jeyhun Bayramov, Dean of Education and Human Development faculty of George Washington University Michael Foyer, Rector of ASPU Jafar Jafarov, ambassador of the USA in our country Orl Litzenberger and other official guests.   It was noted that a duel degree program that would be implemented within the framework of “The State Program for enhancing international competitiveness of the higher education system in the Republic of Azerbaijan for 2019-2023” signed by a relevant decree of a country President Mr. Ilham Aliyev envisages training of specialists on management of education.  According to negotiations conducted with the USA side, under the program, admission to the master's degree will be held at ASPU starting from the 2020-2021 academic year. The master's degree is expected to be taught in English for two years. The graduates must  participate in the exams organized at first by the State Examination Center (SEC) and then by George Washington University. The educational training will be conducted by teachers invited from George Washington University and local teachers. At the end of educational training the graduates will be awarded with diplomas from both Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University and George Washington University.  

03/02/2020 10:01

The III meeting of the Scientific Council of the International Turkish Academy was held on January 30. The meeting was attended by President of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS) Ramiz Mehdiyev, Minister of Education Jeyhun Bayramov, Deputy Minister of Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kanat Sarsembayev, Deputy Minister of Education of the Kyrgyz Republic Japarkul Tashiyev, Head of Training and Education Administration of the National Ministry of Education of the Republic of Turkey Burhanettin Donmaz,  Deputy Chairman of the Higher Education Council Mehmet Shishman, Secretary General of the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States (CCTC) Baghdad Amreyev, Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic Speaking Countries Altynbek Mamayusupov, President of the Turkic Culture and Heritage Foundation Gunay Afandiyeva, Deputy Secretary General of TURKSOY Bilal Çakici, as well as ambassadors and diplomats of Turkey, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Hungary and Uzbekistan accredited in our country.   At the third meeting of the Scientific Council of the International Turkish Academy, a plaque indicating that a chairmanship of the Scientific Council for 2020 has passed to the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan was presented to the Minister of Education Jeyhun Bayramov. The main scientific directions of the organization for 2020, priority activities and list of important events of the Turkic world planned to be held, as well as cooperation issues in the field of education and science were approved. The meeting concluded with the presentation of the “Abai-175” plaque by the International Turkish Academy to the Minister of Education Jeyhun Bayramov. It should be noted that at the VII Summit meeting of the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States (CCTS) held in Baku on October 15, 2019, a chairmanship of the organization has passed to the Republic of Azerbaijan and a chairmanship of the Scientific Council of the International Turkish Academy has passed to the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan accordingly.

03/02/2020 10:00