A ceremony to open the French Lyceum of Baku has been held on Sept. 12.
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and his wife Mehriban Aliyeva attended the ceremony.
President Ilham Aliyev's attention to education proves that the
development of human capital is one of the core principles of the
government policy. State-of-the-art schools have been built, new blocks
for educational facilities constructed in both the capital and the
country's regions in the past few years. Important work has been carried
out to strengthen material and technical infrastructure of schools. The
Heydar Aliyev Foundation has strongly supported this government
program. Special attention has been paid to education of national
minorities in Azerbaijan under the Foundation’s “Support for Education”
project. Settlement of education-related problems of children of
foreigners living in Baku has also been the focus of attention.
The
projects of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation on this front have yielded
results with the construction of the French Lyceum of Baku being one of
the striking examples.
The 320-seat lyceum is located on the territory of the White City. The
lyceum was built in a modern architectural style. It occupies a total
area of 14,000 sq.m.
President Ilham Aliyev and his wife Mehriban Aliyeva cut the ribbon
symbolizing the opening of the facility. The lyceum will offer
pre-school and elementary education. There will also be college and
lyceum groups. One hundred students will receive education at the lyceum
this academic year.
A groundbreaking ceremony for the facility was held in October 2011
under the agreement on the establishment of the French Lyceum of Baku
signed between the two countries' governments as part of President
Nicolas Sarkozy’s visit. The lyceum, whose establishment was supported
by the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, will create ample opportunities for
French-speaker foreigners temporarily or permanently residing
in Azerbaijan and Azerbaijani citizens to receive education in French.
Teaching here will be based on a classic French 12-year secondary
education plan, which also includes kindergarten. Teaching will be
conducted in French in accordance with the French national education
system. The certificates to be given to lyceum graduates will be
recognized by the French Ministry of National Education. Graduates will
have an opportunity to continue education in any university in France.
French President Francois Hollande reviewed constructed progress at the
lyceum when he was on an official visit to Azerbaijan this May.
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