President Aliyev visits schools after major overhaul
Over 160,000 pupils will go the first class in 2018-2018 academic year that will begin in Azerbaijan on September 15 and run until mid-June.
Over 160,000 pupils will go the first class in 2018-2018 academic year that will begin in Azerbaijan on September 15 and run until mid-June.
A number of newly-built and repaired schools have opened in the country for the new academic year. President Ilham Aliyev visited several secondary schools in Baku after a major overhaul.
The president viewed conditions in the secondary school No 74 in Bakikhanov, Sabunchu district, Baku, after a major overhaul on September 4.
Head of Baku City Executive Authority Hajibala Abutalibov informed the head of state of the reconstruction work.
The territory of the 912-seat school occupies a total area of 11,000 square meters. Reconstruction of the school saw the installation of video surveillance, fire alarm and internet systems. All classrooms and laboratories feature furniture and necessary equipment. The school now also has a football pitch. Extensive landscaping was done in the territory of the school.
Next day, Ilham Aliyev viewed conditions created at school-lyceum No 62 named after Khalid Guliyev in Nizami district.
Abutalibov informed the head of state of the reconstruction work.
The territory of the 984-seat school occupies a total area of 11,000 square metres. The school-lyceum was supplied with all the necessary equipment. The reconstruction work was also done in football, volleyball and basketball grounds. Extensive landscaping work was implemented, and the lightning system was installed in the yard of the school.
The head of state also viewed the Healthy Education classes which were created in the schoollyceum.
The Healthy Education Healthy Nation project aims to protect students' health in schools and to improve their educational achievements.
President Aliyev also viewed conditions created at the secondary school No 10 in Nizami district, Baku, after a major overhaul.
The building of the school for 1,176 students was constructed in 1979. The school features 49 classrooms, two computer rooms, three laboratories, a gym and conference hall, military room and canteen.
The schools underwent a major overhaul under the "State Program for socio-economic development of Baku and its suburbs", which was approved by the President of Azerbaijan.