The event was attended by Mikayil Jabbarov, Minister of Education, Mark Harald Ehler, Managing Director of "Absheron Hotel Group" LLC, as well as the heads of educational institutions and entrepreneurs taking part in the service sector. Speaking at the ceremony, Mikayil Jabbarov, the Minister of Education, noted that the development of vocational education is one of the priority fields. Mikayil Jabbarov mentioned that the State Strategy for the Development of Education intends to develop the vocational education and involve entrepreneurs, employers in this field and the Ministry of Education is consistently working on this issue. The Minister also reminded that the Baku 2015 First European Games will take place in Azerbaijan in the next few days. It will lead to the arrival of thousands of athletes and visitors to our country and increasing the prestige of Azerbaijan as a tourist zone. As a result, there is a need for training of personnel which meets international standards and increasing the level of professionalism of existing staff in the service sector. Mark Harald Ehler, Managing Director of "Absheron Hotel Group" LLC, mentioned that according to the agreement reached with the Ministry of Education, it was planned to hold trainings in line with international standards by experts for 430 pupils in Baku vocational Lyceum No. 5. Initially, 220 people participated in the trainings. It was noted in the event that the purpose of these trainings being held for the first time on vocational education is to create personnel resources for the newly opened five-star hotels - "Boulevard Hotel" and "Intourist Hotel" in Baku on the eve of the first European Games. The participants of the trainings will have the opportunity to be employed in hotels opened on the eve of the European Games and in the restaurant chain included in "Absheron Hotel Group" LLC. After the speeches, certificates were presented to persons who have completed the course.

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Schoolchildren between the ages of 7-17 from 34 countries attended the championship held in Pattaya, Thailand. Azerbaijan was represented by the team of 12 chess players of "Tahsil" Republican Sports Center (RIC) in the competition. This team consists of the winners of the final round of the Republic Championship, held at the end of last year, in different age groups. According to the results of the competition, Leyla Budagova won 2 gold medals in the classical chess and blitz among girls under the age of 7 years, Shahriyar Iskandarov won a gold medal in the blitz among boys under the age of 15 years, Murad Ibrahimli won a gold medal in the blitz among boys under the age of 13 years. Thus, Azerbaijani schoolchildren won totally 4 gold medals and were awarded the 2th place in team score among 34 countries.

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The scientific project on "The absorption, movement and collection of nanoparticles in plants: nanofitotoxicology" of Farrukh Rahmatzade, Ayan Hajibeyli and Fuad Abdulzade, students of Baku European Lyceum, became a winner among 427 projects, presented on the topic "Environmental management and pollution", and was awarded a gold medal. It should be noted that this project was implemented with the participation of Olga Humbatova, biology teacher of Baku European Lyceum, and with the guidance and support of Mohammadali Ramazanov, professor of Nano Research laboratory of Nano Research laboratory of BSU, and Ismet Ahmadov, associate professor.

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Employees of the Ministry of Education, heads of press services of media organizations and higher education institutions, NGO representatives on education, students of the Faculty of Journalism will attend the training-conference. It is intended to be heard presentations and to be held trainings on media and educational relations, the quality of education and mass media, the creation of professional skills in Public Relations (PR) at the conference. Participants will increase their knowledge and skills in holding information campaigns, writing press releases, social group work and other topics. Successful participants will be awarded certificates in the training-conference. It should be noted that this training-conference is the third conference held within the framework of "Media and educational dialogue" by the Ministry of Education.

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  We continue to introduce the athletes, who will take part in the first European Games, from sports schools operating under the Ministry of Education.   24 of athletes, who will represent our country at the First European Games, are the graduates of children and youth sports schools operating under the Ministry of Education and the coach-teachers working in these schools. They will compete in 7 sports (athletics, acrobatic gymnastics, badminton, fencing, sambo, freestyle wrestling, table tennis).   Billura Eminova is the coach of Sumgait City Branch of “Tahsil” Republican Sports Center. B.Eminova, the two-time champion of Azerbaijan in table tennis and the bronze prize-winner of World Championship Division IV, graduated from the Azerbaijan State Academy of Physical Culture and Sports. Ramil Jafarov is a graduate of the Specialized Olympic Reserves Child-Youth Tennis Sports School no.7. R.Jafarov, engaged in table tennis, is the silver prize winner of Azerbaijan Cup and the gold prize winner of Azerbaijan Republic TOP-16 tournament. He graduated from the Azerbaijan State Academy of Physical Culture and Sports. Rufat Guliyev is engaged in table tennis. R.Guliyev, the bronze prize winner of Azerbaijan Cup and the gold prize winner of Azerbaijan Republic TOP-16 tournament, is a graduate of the Specialized Olympic Reserves Child-Youth Tennis Sports School no.7. He graduated from the Azerbaijan State Academy of Physical Culture and Sports. Dursadaf Karimova is a graduate of the Specialized Olympic Reserves Child-Youth Sports School no.11 of Baku. D. Karimova, engaged in sambo, is the winner of the Grand-Prix tournament. She graduated from the Azerbaijan State Academy of Physical Culture and Sports.

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According to the Resolution of Cabinet of Ministers No. 108 dated April 15, 2015, allowances will be calculated from February and payment of allowances will be made by the local education authorities.

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The next visit of the schoolchildren will be to Azerbaijan State Economic University and Western University on May 20 within the framework of this project. The main objective of the project is to ensure the formation of rich imaginations about the university libraries in students and to create favorable conditions for providing them with additional knowledge, as well as to allow schoolchildren to familiarize with the university libraries. 9th-11th grade students (only 8 students from each education institution), selected from Lyceum named after Heydar Aliyev, Educational complex No. 132 -134, Baku Turkish Diyanet Vakfi lyceum and Lyceum of Young Talents, got acquainted with the libraries of universities within the framework of the project. Pupils shared their impressions about the libraries of universities and conducted the evaluation on pre-defined criteria. It should be noted that students of general education institutions are expected to visit the libraries of 6 universities. At the end of the project, higher education institutions will be evaluated by students in terms of capabilities and reader satisfaction of libraries and necessary improving proposals will be made in this sphere. As well as, after getting acquainted with libraries of higher education institutions, students will be able to share information they have obtained on library science, information exchange, the history of libraries and bibliographic work with their peers.

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About 100 schoolchildren (schoolboys and schoolgirls) between the ages of 7-17 from districts of Baku attended the badminton competition, held at sports hall of Baku Slavic University. The athletes demonstrated exemplary performances on different types of badminton during the opening phase of the event. According to the results of the competition, the teams of Yasamal, Khatai and Binagadi districts won 1st, 2nd and 3rd places respectively in team score. Another sporting event took place at the sports hall of Azerbaijan State Economic University. The zonal volleyball competition was held among schoolchildren at the sports hall of Azerbaijan State Economic University. 12 teams from districts of Baku joined the fight for the title of winner. The teams of Sabail, Surakhani and Khazar districts won 1st, 2nd and 3rd places respectively in team score. The representatives of the Ministry of Education and sports community attended the opening ceremony of the competitions. The winners were awarded with diplomas and medals of the Ministry of Education.

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Elchin Babayev, executive director of Science Development Foundation making speech at the ceremony, noted that the competitions are attended by the groups of scientists and experts, as well as individual scientists from Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS), higher educational institutions, research institutes operating under ministries, government agencies, non-government organizations and other scientific organizations. It was noted that, the University grant competition is being held for the first time and the Ministry of Education provided organizational support to the contest. According to speeches, University grant competition with the total budget of 910 thousand manat involves 37 projects. Among these projects were determined 11 winners with the total funding of 890 thousand manat. These projects will be implemented in Azerbaijan State Oil Academy (4 projects),  Azerbaijan Medical University (3), Azerbaijan State Agricultural University (2), Azerbaijan State University of Economics (1) and the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic Of Azerbaijan (1). The Industrial grant competition held for the first time determined 6 winners. One of the winner-projects was presented by Azerbaijan Architecture and Construction University. According to Deputy Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Education Yagub Piriyev, one of the main tasks of the higher education institutions under "National Education Development Strategy of Azerbaijan Republic" is to become center of science, research and innovations. In order to ensure it, higher education institutions should operate as scientific centers that can guarantee the quality of education and reflecting the latest achievements of science. Thus, in modern conditions, it is impossible to achieve the quality education and high-level scientific innovations without providing integration between education and science. The solution of this problem is highly contributed not only by the higher education institutions, but also Science Development Foundation. It's expedient for the Foundation to build the relations with higher education institutions at the new plane and higher level. In other words, Science Development Foundation should provide greater support to science development in higher education system. Y.Piriyev mentioned that there are 9579 PhD and 2251 Dr among more than 32 thousand experts conducting researches at the different universities and organizations. “This means a huge army of scientists. More than half of the scientists with degree are working at the education system. " Y.Piriyev noted that heads of 94 projects from 315 projects presented to 17 different competitions held by Science Development Foundation within 2010-2014 acted on behalf of higher education institutions. 74 of those 315 projects were executed by the higher education institutions.

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Students of the integration trained boarding school No.11 Kamala Huseynova and Aleksandra Faxraddinova were awarded gold medals by taking 1st place in the running and the long jump respectively in the competition held in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. Students of the boarding school No.11 Filippenko Nadezhda won 2nd place in the long jump, Tamam Heydarova won 2nd place in the running and students of the republican special boarding school No.4 Parviz Mustafayev, Taleh Giyasov won 2nd place in the running and were awarded a silver medal, Fagan Aliyev took the third place in the running and was awarded a bronze medal. At the end of sports competition, Azerbaijani students and teaching staff accompanying them were awarded "Gratitude" by the Ministry of Education of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.

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