Textbooks in Azerbaijan are too poor, expert

Baku / 06.09.18 / Turan: Periodic educational reforms are required to keep the people and the state in step with development. Not corresponding the world level means backwardness in the development of society, the state, the economy, Turan was told by Firidun Jalilov, the former Minister of Education and Deputy Prime Minister in the government of Azerbaijan in 1992-1993. He positively assessed the construction of new schools in recent years, the use of new technologies and teaching aids. "However, there is a question about the content of education, including textbooks. In Azerbaijan, textbooks of secondary schools and universities are in a terrible state," Jalilov said. In one year of the existence in 1992-1993 the Popular Front conducted as many educational reforms as there have not been in the last quarter of a century.

"The World Bank highly appreciated our reforms. For the first time we applied a test system of entrance examinations to universities. New programs were prepared, the educational process was supplemented with new subjects," Jalilov said. The former minister wants to introduce an educational system in Azerbaijan like the Finnish one.

"The law" On Education ", adopted by us at the time, was consistent with this system. The educational system of Finland is one of the most advanced in the world. It gives children freedom, and little children are not loaded with lessons. A child must live a child's life, and be educated with love, not compulsion.

In our educational system there are elements of Russian and European system, but there are also elements of education that came from the East, that is, religious ones," Jalilov said.

Concerning the relevance of schools in Russian, the reason for this is seen in the quality advantage of Russian textbooks and the level of educational work. "When parents see that education in the Russian sector gives more, they prefer their children to study in Russian, this is one side of the coin.

Of course, you need to learn Russian, English and other languages, but getting the education in other languages ​​ distances them from their national roots," said Jalilov.

In Azerbaijan, education in Russian is conducted in 340 schools. Branches with training in Russian are in all universities. In addition, Azerbaijan has branches of two universities - Moscow State University and Sechenov Medical University. -03B06-