On 13th of May the Minister of Education Jeyhun Bayramov met with newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Azerbaijan Earle D. Litzenberger. During the meeting sides discussed the current state of relations between Azerbaijan and the United States in the field of education and perspectives of further cooperation.

14/05/2019 10:49

Jeyhun Bayramov met with Gabriel Xara Maldonado newly appointed Chargé d'Affaires of the Republic of Chile. During the meeting the sides discussed the current state of relations between Azerbaijan and the Chile in the field of education and prospects for future development.

10/05/2019 09:28

During his visit to the People's Republic of China this week the Minister of Education Jeyhun Bayramov gave an interview to CETV1 TV Channel. Speaking about the importance of the Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, the Minister underlined the development of cooperation between Azerbaijan and China in the field of education. Jeyhun Bayramov expressed confidence that the educational ties between the two countries will expand in the nearest future. The interview is available at the following link: http://bit.ly/2LeJRaY  

01/05/2019 15:25

The Minister of Education Jeyhun Bayramov visited the Azerbaijan State Oil and Industrial University to commemorate the victims of the terrorist attack happened at this university 10 years ago. The minister met with relatives of the victims. He commemorated the victims with deep respect and laid flowers in front of the memorial desk. Jeyhun Bayramov asked for God's mercy to those who died during the bloody murder and gave deep condolences to the family members.

01/05/2019 15:23

On April 26, at the Embassy of Azerbaijan the Education Minister Jeyhun Bayramov met with Azerbaijani students studying in China. Rector of Azerbaijan State Oil and Industrial University Mustafa Babanli also attended the meeting. Talking about the special attention to young people studying abroad the Minister expressed hope that each student will represent our country worthily. He also spoke about the development of relations between two countries in the field of education. After, Jeyhun Bayramov answered the questions of the students. According to the agreement between the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China on education for 2016-2019, 53 Azerbaijani students are studying in China's higher educational institutions on different specialties, as well as 108 Chinese citizens in Azerbaijani higher educational institutions.

29/04/2019 09:25

During his visit to the People's Republic of China Ceyhun Bayramov met with the Minister of Education Chen Boasheng. During the meeting the sides discussed the current state and prospects of cooperation between two countries in the field of education. Minister of Education Jeyhun Bayramov visited Beijing Pedagogical University and met with the managers of the university. During the meeting the possibilities of cooperation between the BPU and higher educational institutions of Azerbaijan have been discussed. Jeyhun Bayramov also met with Azerbaijani students studying at the Beijing Pedagogical University and discussed their education.

29/04/2019 09:20

First Vice-President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva has visited the orphanage-kindergarten No 229 in Buzovna settlement and a foreign languages gymnasium named after Suleyman Rustam and Lachin district school No 32 temporarily based in the second block of the gymnasium in Mardakan settlement, Khazar district. Mehriban Aliyeva first visited the orphanage-kindergarten No 229 in Buzovna settlement. Principal of the 75-seat orphanage-kindergarten Ellada Salimova informed First Vice-President Mehriban Aliyeva of the preschool educational institution. The orphanage-kindergarten was built in 1836, and last repair works were carried out here in 2006-2007. Children aged from 2 to 6 in four groups are served by a 27-strong staff here. First Vice-President Mehriban Aliyeva met with children and talked to them.   X X X   First Vice-President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva then visited the foreign languages gymnasium named after Suleyman Rustam in Mardakan settlement. Principal of the gymnasium Anvar Mustafayev informed Mehriban Aliyeva that commissioned in 1960, the gymnasium has never undergone a major overhaul. The educational institution has been operating as the foreign languages gymnasium since 2010. The two-block gymnasium has 50 classrooms, a gym, assembly hall and workshops. First Vice-President Mehriban Aliyeva toured the classrooms. The gymnasium currently enrolls 609 pupils who are served by nearly 70 teachers. It offers classes in English, Arabic, Persian and Russian languages. The First Vice-President of Azerbaijan spoke with the pupils and wished them success.   X X X   First Vice-President Mehriban Aliyeva also visited Lachin district school No 32 temporarily based in the second block of the gymnasium. Principal of the school Samira Hasanova informed Mehriban Aliyeva that the educational institution has been operating in this building since 1993. Touring the classrooms, Mehriban Aliyeva talked to children and posed for photographs together with them. The school enrolls 170 pupils who are served by 25 teachers and 10 technical staff members.   AZERTAC

26/04/2019 11:27

On April 25, the Ministry of Education held a meeting with the leaders of Cisco. The meeting was attended by Deputy Minister of Education Idris Isayev, Education Adviser Hasan Hasanli, Head of Informatization Department of Education Vusal Khanlarov, Cisco Vice President Kim Didrix, vice-president of company for Russia and CIS countries Jonathan Sperou, company's regional manager Vladimir Orlov and " Cisco Innovation Director in Azerbaijan Ramil Eyyubov. The sides discussed the achievements in Azerbaijan, further development and new opportunities of cooperation with Cisco. It was noted that within the Azerbaijan Education Network there was close cooperation with Cisco. Through the solutions provided by Cisco, IP-telephony, videoconferencing and educational platforms were established at educational institutions. It was also noted that at present there are 13 Cisco Network Academies in Azerbaijan. Five of them are functioning in higher education institutions and others in private institutions. Academies provide training on basics of IT technologies and operating systems, Internet access, programming, network technology, network and cyber security. Speaking at the event, Deputy Education Minister Idris Isayev said that, according to the "State Education Development Strategy", one of the main priorities is to create a unified national education environment and to provide quality of education for all social groups of population, using modern information and communication technologies in the country. In this regard, in recent years the Ministry of Education has done extensive work in the field of informatization of management in the education system, the development of ICT infrastructure, the application of e-learning technologies and capacity building. A special attention is paid to the establishment of cooperation between the public and private sectors. The sides discussed joint projects and further development of the cooperation.

26/04/2019 10:36

On April 25, Education Minister Jeyhun Bayramov participated in the Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing, China. The Minister made a speech at thematic forum entitled "Relations between nations" organized within the framework of the program. During his speech Jeyhun Bayramov informed the participants on the reforms carried out in all areas of education within the State Strategy for Education Development in the Republic of Azerbaijan, the goals and objectives of the State Program on raising the international competitiveness of the higher education system in the Republic of Azerbaijan for 2019-2023, activities in the field of education to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, as well as the cooperation between two countries in the field of education. Miguel Ángel Moratinos UN Supreme Representative for Alliance of Civilizations, Henrietta Fore the UNESCO Executive Director, Filipe Nyusi the President of the Republic of Mozambique, Sui Kyi the State Councilor of the Union of Myanmar and Aleksandar Vucic the President of the Republic of Serbia also delivered speeches at the forum.

26/04/2019 10:15

The "Digital Skills" – a joint pilot project of the Ministry of Education and International Algorithmic Company, was presented at The Moscow International Education Fair (MIEF) 2019 on April 10. Deputy Minister of Education Firudin Gurbanov got acquainted with the stand at the exhibition. Representatives from educational institutions of several countries were interested in the project stand. Fakhri Gurbanov, head of the Digital Skills project, and Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Algoritmika International Education Company Andrey Lobanov participated in panel discussions and roundtables, which were held within the framework of the program. Moscow International Education Fair is the largest event in the field of education among CIS. The topic of the MIEF 2019 is "New Subjectivity of  the Education”. According to organizers, about 650 events were held at the International Education Center-2019. Totally more than 1000 experts, 400 exponents and about 50,000 visitors came together at the exhibition. 37 members from 28 international delegations attended Moscow International Education Fair in 2019. It should be mentioned that the project "Digital Skills" is being implemented since 2017. The project covers 65 schools in Baku, 6 schools in Ganja, 2 private educational institutions, as well as more than 26 thousand students.

24/04/2019 11:12