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New academic year starts in Azerbaijan

15 September 2016 [11:38] - TODAY.AZ

By Azernews


By Laman Ismayilova

About 164,033 pupils will go to the first class in 2016-2017 in the new academic year in Azerbaijan, the Education Ministry reported. As many as 43,397 of them are attending schools in Baku.

The number of pupils that will study in 4,472 secondary schools is 1, 415,242. About 354, 573 people will study in schools, administered by Baku City Education Department.

This year,  29 new schools , including 7 schools by order of the Ministry of Education are commissioning in the country. In this period, 17 schools were repaired, while 384 schools are under renovation.

The building of 10 educational institutions is still going on. Two boarding-school will be overhauled and put into operation soon.

General secondary school education in the Republic of Azerbaijan consists of three levels - primary, general secondary, and full secondary education, and general secondary school education begins with six years of age.

The general secondary school education in the country implemented in schools of general education, special purpose schools, gymnasiums, lyceums, the primary and secondary vocational schools, as well as colleges and schools established under the auspices of higher educational institutions.


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