On October 22, Minister of Education Emin Amrullayev participated in a virtual extraordinary session of the Global Education Meeting organized by UNESCO. Director-General of UNESCO Audrey Azoulay, Secretary-General of UN Antonio Guterres, heads of states and governments, ministers of education attended session dedicated to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on education. During the event, Emin Amrullayev informed the participants about the measures taken to ensure the sustainability of education in our country during the pandemic. At the same time, it was noted that starting from the new school year in Azerbaijan, the educational process is organized in a hybrid – face-to-face and online form, and the necessary steps have been taken to protect the health of students. The Minister of Education informed the participants of the event about recent missile strikes of Armenia on civilians in different cities and regions of Azerbaijan as a result of which 6 students were killed, 17 students were injured and about 40 educational buildings were damaged.

22/10/2020 19:39

On October 21, the Minister of Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan Emin Amrullayev met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the Republic of Azerbaijan Wada Junichi in online format. The current state of relations between the Republic of Azerbaijan and Japan in the field of education and prospects for future cooperation were discussed at the meeting. The sides exchanged views on student-teacher exchange between Azerbaijan and Japan, cooperation in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and start-up directions in education. Satisfaction was expressed with the functioning of the Japanese Center and the teaching of the Japanese language at the Azerbaijan University of Languages ​​and Baku State University. The importance of developing inter-university cooperation was stressed. The Minister of Education informed the ambassador that 6 schoolchildren were killed, 17 students were injured and about 40 educational institutions in different cities and regions of Azerbaijan were damaged as a result of Armenian missile strikes on civilians. The ambassador, in his turn, expressed concern over the loss of life.

22/10/2020 17:49

On the night of October 17, two more schoolchildren were killed in a terrorist attack launched again by Armenia on Ganja. Orkhan and Maryam were siblings. Orkhan studied in the 6th grade of a full secondary school No.29 named after K.D. Ushinsky in Ganja, and Maryam studied in the 1st grade of that school. Their bodies together with the body of their mother were pulled out from the rubble yesterday. As a result of the enemy's aggression, 6 of our schoolchildren have already been killed.     May God bless these kids and those who died in the Ganja massacre!

19/10/2020 18:30

A 15-years old Nigar Asgarova would celebrate her birthday tomorrow, if she was not killed as a result of the rocket attack to Ganja city by the Armenian military forces that hit her home at the middle of the night on October 17. Nigar was a 10th grade school girl at the school number 29 in Ganja city, located far away from the military operations in Karabakh. By this criminal action, the number of school children killed by Armenian aggression reached to four.    We are deeply saddened by the death of all our citizens, including our school children. We wish quick recovery to all the wounded civilians.

18/10/2020 09:59

As a result of yet another missile attack by the Armenian Armed Forces on Ganja on October 17 at around 01:00, great destructions and losses of human lives were recorded. As a result of the attack, the full secondary school No. 29 named after K.D. Ushinsky in Ganja was severely damaged as well. No one was injured at the school as the incident took place at night. It should be noted that 1,006 students study at the school, which consists of a 3-storey main building and 2 additional building blocks.

17/10/2020 15:30

On October 14, the Minister of Education Emin Amrullayev met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Hungary to the Republic of Azerbaijan Viktor Szederkenyi. The sides expressed satisfaction with the current state of relations between Azerbaijan and Hungary in the field of education and discussed prospects for future cooperation.

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29/09/2020 17:40

AFFA has addressed a letter to FIFA and UEFA, apasport.az reports. The association has disseminated information in this regard via its official website. It was stated that one of members of the family that was killed in Naftalan City as a result of opening fire by Armenia’s armed forces on our residential settlements beginning from September 27 – Shahriyar Gurbanov born in 2007 played as a member of UGIM (Naftalan) team in U-11 League held with AFFA’s organizational support during 2017/2018 season. AFFA expresses its condolences with deep sorrow on occasion of death of a member of Azerbaijan’s football family aged 13, and ask from Allah mercy upon souls of all our martyrs. The relevant letters were addressed by AFFA to FIFA and UEFA regarding death of Shahriyar Gurbanov as a result of opening fire by Armenia’s armed forces on our residential settlements.   APA

29/09/2020 09:00

On September 27 an entire family in Naftalan city of Azerbaijan perished as a result of indiscriminate shelling by the armed forces of the Republic of Armenia. Two of the family members were schoolchildren - Shahriyar Gurbanov, born in 2007 and Fidan Gurbanova, born in 2006, attended the Gashalti Garagoyunlu secondary school. Since yesterday, the occupying armed forces of the Republic of Armenia have deliberately targeted our citizens and civilian infrastructure in violation of the norms and principles of international law as well as the 1949 Geneva Conventions.  We are deeply saddened by the events and express sincere condelences for the loss of lives of our compatriots. We wish our Army every success in their historic mission to liberate our lands!

28/09/2020 21:19