Bulk of school buildings in country reconstructed

By Azernews

By Laman Ismayilova

Over the past 20 years, about 70 percent of school buildings in Azerbaijan have been renovated or rebuilt. 

This was stated by Education Minister Mikayil Jabbarov during the International Conference on Mathematics, Science, and Education (ICMSE 2016) on August 31

The minister emphasized that education has always enjoyed a strong state support. Majority of secondary schools in the country were renovated according to modern standards, while a number of new schools and kindergartens were built.

Currently, about 1,188 million students studies at 4,513 educational institutions of Azerbaijan.

A total of 2,350 children were admitted into general education institutions on the basis of some selection criteria, including world view, mathematical knowledge, logic, psychology, creative and communication skills this year. About 1,144 of them got accepted to Azerbaijani section, and 1206 to Russian section.

Online registration for the competition to admit children into general education institutions in Baku for the 2016-2017 academic year was open from March 1 to April 10 at www.mektebeqebul.edu.az. A total of 4,449 applications were received by the general education institutions.

The competitions were held from April 15 to May 15, 2016 under internal regulations of each general education institution.