Baku hosts international conference on "Economic development through education and technology" organized by Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Education. The event is supported by Heydar Aliyev Foundation. In organizing the conference the Ministry of Education has worked closely with the UNESCO and Microsoft Corporation.
At the plenary meeting Azerbaijan’s Minister of Education Misir Mardanov reported over the work done on introduction of information technologies in education in the country over past 5 years. It was noted that great work had been carried out on introduction of information and communication technologies in the republic, in particular, in education sphere under the direct leadership of President Ilham Aliyev. Speaking of the work done, the Minister emphasized the provision of schools with necessary computer equipment, special ICT trainings organized for teachers, the creation of the Office for Informatization of Education System under the Ministry of Education, establishment of Information and Resource Center that will promote to provide all schools with access to the Internet and create possibility to filter the content. In his report Misir Mardanov also noted that education system in Azerbaijan makes up 10% of the total number of Internet users in the country. Speaking of the projects the minister underlined the joint project realized in the country by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies together with Microsoft and HP Corporation project People’s Computer, which aims to provide the country’s population with computers on favorable terms.
Then the event was addressed by Deputy Minister of Communications and Information Technologies Elmir Velizadeh. In his report on the impact of ICT on socio-economic and human development, E. Velizadeh noted the introduction of ICT in education as one of the most important directions of development of information technologies.
Speaking about the strategy of the state, the deputy minister recalled President Ilham Aliyev’s words about "turning black gold into human gold" adding currently the strategy is successfully implemented in Azerbaijan. Speaking about introduction of ICT in education, Elmir Velizadeh also noted that "ICT in education is a step towards the future". Moreover, Elmir Velizadeh said that Azerbaijan pays a special attention to information technologies in all spheres in Azerbaijan. Thus, ICT has its own special place in all government programs, and year after year attention for new technologies in the country is growing in all spheres.
In his speech, Elmir Velizadeh also highlighted the fact that roughly 8 percent of specialties in the country’s educational institutions are directly related to information technologies, which is quite high indicator according to the report from international analyst firm IDC.
The report noted the direct activity of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies (MCIT), aimed at introducing technologies in education. It was said that at present 145 Azerbaijani students are studying at the world’s leading universities at the expense of the MCIT. Besides that, the ministry organizes special ICT trainings for the teachers of secondary schools in several regions of the country, special competitions and Olympiads are organized. One of them is intellectual game show Virtual ring, which is a joint project of the MCIT and Public TV.
At the end of his speech Elmir Velizadeh spoke about a number of projects implemented by the ministry, in particular, the creation of Regional Innovation Zone, the implementation of which will turn Azerbaijan into an IT centre in the region and the project Trans-Eurasian Super Information Highway (TASIM), which aims to eliminate the digital divide in the region.
At the plenary meeting Azerbaijan’s Minister of Education Misir Mardanov reported over the work done on introduction of information technologies in education in the country over past 5 years. It was noted that great work had been carried out on introduction of information and communication technologies in the republic, in particular, in education sphere under the direct leadership of President Ilham Aliyev. Speaking of the work done, the Minister emphasized the provision of schools with necessary computer equipment, special ICT trainings organized for teachers, the creation of the Office for Informatization of Education System under the Ministry of Education, establishment of Information and Resource Center that will promote to provide all schools with access to the Internet and create possibility to filter the content. In his report Misir Mardanov also noted that education system in Azerbaijan makes up 10% of the total number of Internet users in the country. Speaking of the projects the minister underlined the joint project realized in the country by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies together with Microsoft and HP Corporation project People’s Computer, which aims to provide the country’s population with computers on favorable terms.
Then the event was addressed by Deputy Minister of Communications and Information Technologies Elmir Velizadeh. In his report on the impact of ICT on socio-economic and human development, E. Velizadeh noted the introduction of ICT in education as one of the most important directions of development of information technologies.
Speaking about the strategy of the state, the deputy minister recalled President Ilham Aliyev’s words about "turning black gold into human gold" adding currently the strategy is successfully implemented in Azerbaijan. Speaking about introduction of ICT in education, Elmir Velizadeh also noted that "ICT in education is a step towards the future". Moreover, Elmir Velizadeh said that Azerbaijan pays a special attention to information technologies in all spheres in Azerbaijan. Thus, ICT has its own special place in all government programs, and year after year attention for new technologies in the country is growing in all spheres.
In his speech, Elmir Velizadeh also highlighted the fact that roughly 8 percent of specialties in the country’s educational institutions are directly related to information technologies, which is quite high indicator according to the report from international analyst firm IDC.
The report noted the direct activity of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies (MCIT), aimed at introducing technologies in education. It was said that at present 145 Azerbaijani students are studying at the world’s leading universities at the expense of the MCIT. Besides that, the ministry organizes special ICT trainings for the teachers of secondary schools in several regions of the country, special competitions and Olympiads are organized. One of them is intellectual game show Virtual ring, which is a joint project of the MCIT and Public TV.
At the end of his speech Elmir Velizadeh spoke about a number of projects implemented by the ministry, in particular, the creation of Regional Innovation Zone, the implementation of which will turn Azerbaijan into an IT centre in the region and the project Trans-Eurasian Super Information Highway (TASIM), which aims to eliminate the digital divide in the region.
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