Azerbaijan celebrates Knowledge Day

In the 2023/2024 academic year, 1.612 million students will study in general education institutions in the country.
The fifteenth of September is Knowledge Day in Azerbaijan. This significant date was established by a decree of President Ilham Aliyev dated August 21, 2004, according to which classes in all educational institutions of the country begin on September 15, AzerTaj reports.
In the 2023/2024 academic year, 1.612 million students will study in general education institutions in the country. As expected, 135.4 thousand students will go to first grade, 152.5 thousand to 9th grade, 103 thousand to 11th grade. 114.5 thousand children will be enrolled in preschool education, 80.3 thousand will begin studying in preschool groups . Guys.
In the new academic year, 481.1 thousand students will study in general education institutions operating under the authority of the Baku City Education Department (UBE). According to forecasts, 40.5 thousand students will study in grade I, 41 thousand in grade IX, 31.3 thousand in grade X, 26.9 thousand in grade XI, and 130 people in grade XII. It is expected that 35 thousand children will study in preschool educational institutions operating at UOGB, and about 23 thousand children aged five years will attend preparatory groups of general education institutions.
In the 2023/2024 academic year, 28.5 thousand teachers will work in general educational institutions under the jurisdiction of the UOGB, and 4.38 thousand teachers will work in preschool educational institutions.
It should be noted that the UOGB department includes 310 general education schools, three general education schools of a special type and five part-time evening schools - a total of 318 schools, as well as 344 preschool educational institutions.
It is known that the progress and future of each state is directly related to the level of its education. Investments in this area mean investments in the future. The Azerbaijani state is currently one of the leading countries in the world in this regard. Over the past 20 years, 3,600 new schools have been built and overhauled in the country. By the end of 2023, by order of the Ministry of Science and Education, it is planned to open eight educational institutions. Over the past three years alone, 275 new schools have been built in the country, and the number of unsafe schools has decreased by 30% - to 654.
In general, in the 2023/2024 academic year, 7.758 million titles were printed and distributed to schools across the country. Along with this, 24 textbooks were improved and 37 textbooks were updated.
Starting from the new academic year, 114 new schools will have classes with a vocational focus. The number of vocational classes will reach 230, and in total, more than 3,500 schoolchildren will study in vocational classes in 194 schools. It should be noted that the purpose of creating classes with a professional focus for grades 10-11 is to create conditions for students to acquire basic knowledge and skills in various specialties. STEAM-based learning will also be expanded.
In the new academic year, 418 people will study abroad within the framework of the State Program for the Education of Youth in Prestigious Higher Educational Institutions of Foreign Countries in 2022-2026 and the “State Program for Improving the International Competitiveness of the Higher Education System in the Republic of Azerbaijan for 2019-2023.” Of these, 67 people will study in the bachelor’s program, 314 people in the master’s program, and 37 people in doctoral studies. Intergovernmental scholarship programs will cover 180 people: 26 people - bachelor's degree, 140 people - master's degree, 21 people - doctoral studies, one person - research activity.
Thus, thanks to the reforms carried out to develop preschool, general and higher education, the conditions for both teaching and learning are improved, which, in turn, creates the basis for adapting education to modern requirements.

source: azsputniknews