The project "Zardabi - development of reading skills of elementary school students", launched by the Ministry of Education since the academic year 2015-2016, works with schools, parents and the community, and is carried out in three directions. The purpose of project implementation is to create the reading habits in elementary school students, to develop reading comprehension skills and skills to work on written texts, to provide resources, based on international assessment methodologies, for students. The increasing of the knowledge of parents in the direction of formation and development of reading skills, the active involvement of students in the reading process as one of the parties who have organized this process, the expansion of areas of activities of school heads in this direction, as well as drawing public attention to the importance of the formation of reading skills and culture of reading are among the main objectives. The project "Zardabi" is the first project aimed at the improvement of functional literacy in the country at the level of elementary education and the development of students' reading comprehension skills. Under the project, the workshops entitled "Reading Strategies" were organized together with elementary school teachers who teach in 4th grade. 18 615 4th grade students, studying at nearly 800 grades of 204 general education schools of other cities and regions of the country, including Baku, were included in the project's target group. The seminars and lessons were held twice a month during the year 2015 and 4 times in December. The seminar-lessons are taught on the basis of the themes of "Evaluation tools for reading comprehension skills" by project coordinators by using interactive teaching methods in order to improve students` ability to work independently on written texts, to enrich their vocabulary, to develop their reading techniques. The seminar-lessons will be implemented until the end of the school year. In order to follow the dynamics of the development of students' reading comprehension skills, the written evaluations are conducted during the project. The diagnostic evaluation was carried out in November last year in order to determine the initial state of reading comprehension skills of 4th grade students. The next evaluation is scheduled to be held in January 2016.

11/01/2016 16:39

To the attention of citizens residing in Hajigabul, Bilasuvar, Salyan, Kurdamir and Neftchala regions! In accordance with citizens` reception schedule of heads of central executive authorities for January, 2016 in towns and regions, Mikayil Jabbarov, Minister of Education, will receive the citizens residing in Bilasuvar, Salyan, Kurdamir, Neftchala and Hajigabul regions on January 11, 2016 at 11:00 at the Heydar Aliyev Center in Hajigabul. The internally displaced persons, temporarily settled in Bilasuvar, Salyan, Kurdamir, Neftchala and Hajigabul regions, may attend the reception. Citizens, who want to participate in the reception, can be registered calling to phone no.146 (“Hot line” service) of Call Center of the Ministry of Education or appealing to e-mail http://edu.gov.az/az/contacts/request on January 6, 7 and 8, 2016. Registered citizens are kindly requested to appeal with reference which reflects related issues in detail while coming to reception.

07/01/2016 16:17

Mikayil Jabbarov, Minister of Education, signed an order on "Holding a competition for the selection and preparation of heads of general education institutions". According to the order, it was decided to take the position of Director of general educational institutions in Sumgait and Ganja towns, Absheron, Khizi, Goygol, Samukh, Goranboy and Dashkasan regions on a competitive basis. Thanks to the use of new competition mechanism, the trainings on the preparation of school heads of the above-mentioned towns and regions will be organized in the cities of Sumgait and Ganja since January 2016.

07/01/2016 16:16

On December 29, the ceremony of awarding the winners of the Republican contest “Electronic Education” was held. The event was attended by the heads of relevant departments and structural divisions of the Ministry of Education, the representatives of the agencies involved in the organization of the contest, the winners of the contest and the mass media representatives. Speaking at the ceremony, Emin Amrullayev, head of the Department of educational development programs of the Ministry of Education, noted that there was great interest in the contest that was held for the 6th time by the Ministry. E. Amrullayev noted that the main objective of the contest was to expand the use of electronic learning resources and internet technologies in the teaching process, to learn new ways to use the Internet for educational purposes, to motivate teachers and students to create electronic resources, to encourage teachers who actively use information technology in the teaching process. The contest was attended by the teaching staff of general education institutions, the Methodist experts of institutions engaged in advanced training and retraining of teaching staff, as well as schoolchildren.  It should be noted that in order to ensure the transparency of the contest organized in 6 categories on the "Teacher" and "Student" directions, the evaluation stages were organized online, the conditions were created for online discussions about the works which were received, the experts and jury were determined on the basis of the interview. 900 out of 941 works, submitted to the first stage of the contest, were submitted for evaluation by experts in the second stage and as a result, 207 works passed to the third stage as nominees. The works, passed to the third stage, were evaluated online by the jury. As a result, 14 winners were declared and 18 distinguished works were identified. The winners were presented with diplomas, laptops, tablets, printers and other special prizes. The contest is supported by "Dr. Web", "AzEduNet", "Ultra", the Additional Education Center for "Innovative Technologies in Education", "Edumedia Azerbaijan" and "Nar Mobile".

05/01/2016 17:22

On December 29, the Ministry of Education held a press conference dedicated to the results for the year 2015. The event was attended by senior officials of the Ministry of Education, education experts and mass media representatives. At the press conference, a video was shown about important events taking place in the field of education in 2015, the work done, the success achieved and the measures taken by the Ministry of Education. At the conference, representatives of the Ministry of Education provided detailed information to mass media representatives about the reforms implemented for the use of modern management model in the education system in 2015, the quality improvement, the strengthening of human resources in terms of skills and competencies, the ensuring of transparency and in other relevant areas. It was noted that thanks to President Ilham Aliyev's attention to education sector, a significant progress was achieved in the current year and a solid foundation was laid for a new beginning in terms of development of education system. The representatives expressed their confidence that it would pave the way for successful implementation of measures specified in the National Strategy for the Development of Education (2016). The education experts, who attended the event, highly appreciated the work done in the field of education and noted that they provided support to the Ministry of Education in connection with public education reforms that were implemented.  Then, numerous questions of media representatives were answered. At the end of the press conference, mass media representatives were presented with gifts by the Ministry of Education.

05/01/2016 17:20

According to the Order of the Minister of Education Mikayil Jabbarov, Mahabbat Veliyeva was appointed as the Head of Baku City Education Department (BCED) on December 28. It should be noted that prior to this appointment, M.Valiyeva worked as the Deputy Head of BCED. According to other orders of the Minister of Education, Rashad Tagiyev was appointed as the Deputy Head of BCED, Ilhama Abdullayeva was appointed as the Head of Information Provision Department of BCED, and Raman Mammadov was appointed as the Head of Human Resources Department of BCED.

30/12/2015 14:29

On December 28, the ceremony for presenting awards to a group of education workers was held at secondary school No.23 named after Tahir Hasanov. The ceremony was attended by Mikayil Jabbarov, Minister of Education, senior officials of the Ministry and education workers. Mikayil Jabbarov, Minister of Education, congratulated the honorees and noted that the calendar year, that draws to the end, was memorable for successful events in the field of education. At the event, the Minister presented the medal to Elmira Pashayeva, who was awarded Shohrat Order (Order of Glory) by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mr. Ilham Aliyev for her long-term fruitful activity in the field of music education in the Republic of Azerbaijan. Then, a group of employees of the Ministry of Education and education workers were awarded Certificate of Merit and Message of thanks for their contributions to the development of education in 2015, their achievements gained as a result of effective activity, their high level of professionalism in the implementation of responsibilities, functions and duties, their distinction by initiatives, and their successes in international subject Olympiads. The Minister of Education congratulated education workers, who were awarded, and wished them success in their future activities.

30/12/2015 14:27

On December 24, the event was held to mark the 85th anniversary of the establishment of Azerbaijan State University of Economics (UNEC). The participants of the event familiarized themselves with the art exhibition, consisting of handicrafts of UNEC students and employees, as well as with caricature and book exhibitions. The anniversary event began with listening to the National Anthem of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Beginning his speech with the idea "I am proud that we have a higher education", expressed by National Leader Heydar Aliyev during his visit to the university in 2002, Adalat Muradov, Rector of UNEC, professor, noted that our eminent professors, who have made significant contributions and services to economic science, have a big hand on the glorious 85-year way of the university. Noting that the strategic target of the university is to increase the teaching staff’s capacity, Rector said that considerable work was done in the direction of improving this potential. Rector also mentioned about the salaries increased in three stages within the two year’s period and the indicator for the pedagogical personnel’s salaries which is the highest among the higher education institutions. He underlined that the increase in salaries is not the limit; the work in this direction is in progress. Speaking about the work done at the university, Rector said that UNEC teachers will be promoted to perform as the experts by establishing new journal “UNEC Expert”. The journal will be published in the first quarter of the next year. Saying that they will mobilize their forces for the execution of the task put before them by the President Ilham Aliyev - the transformation of Azerbaijan State University of Economics into a world-class university, Rector added that in the 90-year anniversary of UNEC, we would rise it up to the TOP-1000 in the QS World University Rankings. Mikayil Jabbarov, Minister of Education, mentioned that Azerbaijan State University of Economics, providing a unique contribution to the development of higher education, plays an important role in solving the country’s social and economic problems. According to the Minister, Azerbaijan needs to have well-educated, thoughtful and creative professionals with good knowledge of the business environment in a globalized world in terms of the economic challenges encountered. World experience shows that the level of development of any country is determined by human resources generating higher yields. The work done by the University of Economics for preparing such personnel is praiseworthy. Mikayil Jabbarov says I believe that the main objective of the 85-year-old University of Economics is to adapt the higher education to international standards by noting that the internationalization of higher education is the global process today. At the same time, preservation of scientific potential in education, as well as training of scientific pedagogical personnel are the main objectives standing ahead: "The project of “Young teachers” implemented by UNEC is very pleased from this point. 121 young teachers were recruited to the university most of which are graduates of the prestigious universities of the Europe, US and Canada. The process should be continued and cover other universities. I believe that the involvement of young professionals, studying abroad, in the scientific and pedagogical activity will fundamentally help to solve the problems in education". Paying tribute to those who established Azerbaijan State University of Economics and contributed to its development, M.Jabbarov expressed hope for the staff team that they will do their best in training young economists for the sustainable development of independent Azerbaijan. M. Jabbarov’s speech ended with these words: “Today is Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev's birthday. I congratulate our President on behalf of the entire educational community. I think that the greatest contribution we can make to our country is to approach to our work with professionalism and conscience". On the occasion of the 85th anniversary of the university, a group of employees were awarded badges of “Advanced education worker” and honorary diplomas by the Order of Mikayil Jabbarov, Minister of Education. Darhan Kidirali, Head of the International Turkic Academy, Professor, congratulated UNEC’s academic staff on the occasion of the jubilee. Speaking about the significance of Turkic World Economists Association recently established at UNEC, D.Kidirali highlighted that building and developing cooperation among the economists of Turkic World is an important contribution to the further economic development of these countries. Hidayat Jafarov, Head of the Department of Azerbaijani History of UNEC, Professor, took a glance at the 85-year history traversed by the university. Then, newly created diskurs.az - virtual economic forum of UNEC was presented. A film “UNEC - 85 facts” reflecting the history of the university was shown. The event was followed with the performances of the members of UNEC Creative Center. Azerbaijan State University of Economics

29/12/2015 08:46

The Open Boxing Championship of the Specialized Olympic Reserves Child-Youth Sports School No.8 was held. The purpose of the competition is to provide support for the effective organization of leisure time of children and young people, to involve them in a healthy lifestyle, to improve race experience of young athletes. The competition, dedicated to the World Azerbaijanis Solidarity Day, was attended by a total of 11 teams from the Specialized Olympic Reserves Child-Youth Sports Schools No.1, No.8 and No.13, Republican Olympic Sports Lyceum, "Winner" and "Dynamo" sports clubs, Jalilabad, Neftchala, Shirvan, Shabran, and Agsu. According to the results of the competition, held in a tense struggle, pupils of the Specialized Olympic Reserves Child-Youth Sports School No.8 won the first place and became the winners of the competition. The team of the Specialized Olympic Reserves Child-Youth Sports School No.1 won the second place and the team of Jalilabad region won the third place.

29/12/2015 08:45

On December 24, a grand celebration was organized by the Ministry of Education at Republican special boarding school No.4 for children with diasbility and deprived of parental care on the occasion of the World Azerbaijanis Solidarity Day and the New Year. The literary and artistic composition performed by pupils of the boarding school was shown in the celebration attended by employees of the Ministry of Education and mass media representatives. The sketch entitled "Radish", prepared by pupils, aroused great interest among the participants. Children danced with Santa Claus and Snow Maiden and sang a song. Then, the pupils of the boarding school were presented with holiday gifts by the Ministry of Education. Media representatives got acquainted with the learning and living conditions created for pupils at the boarding school and had lunch with the pupils. Mass media representatives were informed that Republican special boarding school No.4 for children with limited health condition and deprived of parental care was put into operation in November of this year after being overhauled by the Heydar Aliyev Foundation. The boarding school has vocational rooms for pottery, carpet-weaving, carpentry, tool-making, sewing, embroidery and painting. A swimming pool and sports hall are operating at the school, equipped with modern equipment, in order to organize children’s leisure time and rest. Media representatives were informed about the participation of the pupils of the boarding school in international sports competitions and Republican art exhibitions, and about their achievements. It should be noted that 104 out of 198 pupils receiving training and education at the boarding school were involved in the Rehabilitation Center operating under the auspices of this educational institution. 103 teachers are engaged in the training and education of pupils.

29/12/2015 08:44