Education in Mingecevir
Mingecevir is also
one of the central towns of science, education and culture. There are two
institutions of higher education, one college, 20 high schools, 3 musical
schools, one private Turkish lycee and a drivers’ training school in the town.
A total of 1,814
teachers and 471 mentors engaged in education in the town. A total of 18,125
students study at high schools in Mingecevir, while 200-250 students graduate
from schools every year. In 2002, 274 graduates entered various higher education
institutions in the republic and abroad.
There are also seven
non-educational centers under the Mingecevir education department. They are the
chess school, the canoe-training center, the technical creative center, the
center for students’ environmental upbringing, the creative center for
children, the youth sports center and the center of youth tourism and regional
geography.
These centers are of
great importance to let children obtain new skills and knowledge and to reveal
ingenious young people.
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Teachers and
students establish very rich study halls at high schools. There are 21 nursery schools in Mingecevir. A total of 2,825 children of different ages are brought up in these nursery schools. Two of the nursery schools – No 10 and 16 – switched to the “step by step” methodology devised by the Open Society Institute (USA) in March 1998. |
Mingecevir Polytechnic Institute
This institution of higher education started as a branch of the Azerbaijani Oil Academy in 1991, but became independent and was developed into Mingecevir Polytechnic Institute the same year.
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The institute offers specialties as follows: the regulation of economy; management of economy; state and municipality management; heating and electric power stations; mechanical engineering; vehicles and tractors; technical exploitation of vehicles; organization of vehicular traffic; electro insulation; cables and condensers; information processing and automation of management systems, and repair of vehicles and services. A total of 1,210 students are currently studying in the institute. Of these, 1,200 students study for bachelor’s degree, while 10 for master’s degree. |
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The number of staff
of the institute is 150, of which 52 are doctors of science and candidates of
sciences.
There are wide lecture halls, laboratories, a canteen, a reading hall, a library, a gymnasium, an assembly hall etc in the institute. A computer center, which was established by the Soros international humanitarian organization and connected to the Internet, operates in the institute.
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The rector of the
institute is Akif Novruz oglu Haciyev, who is a candidate of pedagogical
sciences. The institute is located at the following address: 21 D. Aliyeva St.,
tel.: (994 147) 5-78-98; fax: (994 147) 5-87-00
The Mingecevir branch of the Azerbaijani Teachers’ Training Institute
This institute of higher education was
established on the basis of Mingecevir Polytechnic college in 2002. The
institute prepares specialists in the following areas:
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pedagogy and
methodology of pre-school education
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pedagogy and
methodology of secondary education
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mathematics
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mathematics and
physics
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Azerbaijani language
and literature
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history
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English
There are also
training courses on improving teachers’ skills in the institute. The number of
students in the institute is 520, while the number of staff is 80, including 13
doctors and candidates of sciences.
The head of this
institute of high education is Aslan Hasan oglu Damirov, who is candidate of
physics and mathematics sciences. The address of this education center is: 55/18
M.A. Rasulzada Avenue, tel.: (994 147) 5-31-37; fax: (994 147) 5-25-24, 5-41-57
Mingecevir medical school
The school was established in 1991. There are 17 study halls at the school:
anatomy, therapy, surgery, pediatrics and others.
The school offers
specialties as follows:
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medical treatment
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obstetrics
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orthopedic
stomatology
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nursery
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laboratory diagnosis
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pharmacology
There is a computer room at the school. What is more, every study hall was equipped with computers.
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A total of 594
people are currently studying at the school, and 47 teachers with university
degree instruct them.
The principal of the school is honored doctor of Azerbaijan Mammad Lala
oglu Mammadov. The school is situated at 27 Tabriz St., tel.: (994 147) 6-18-69;
fax: (994 147) 6-29-28; email: mrovshan@mail.ru