President Ilham Aliyev and First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva attend the inauguration of a new building of the Modern Education Complex named after Heydar Aliyev in Baku

On May 15, opening of a new building of the Modern Education Complex named after Heydar Aliyev took place in Baku.

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva attended the inauguration ceremony.

President Ilham Aliyev was given comprehensive information about the works done.

Having been in operation since 2001, the Modern Education Complex is one of the first private education establishments in Azerbaijan. An increasing interest shown towards this school recent years resulted in the increase of schoolchildren coming to this education establishment. Considering this, a decision was taken to construct a new building. Therefore, a new building - bigger than the previous one, meeting world standards - was constructed.

High-level material and technical basis meeting contemporary standards was created in the complex.

The President and the First Lady became familiarized with the conditions created in the education establishment.

The education complex consists of three sections – the kindergarten, the comprehensive secondary school, and the high school. Provided with the most advanced equipment, the functional building has all conditions to ensure high-quality education. The assembly hall of the complex has all possibilities to hold various events associated with education. Classrooms and subject laboratories have been built to meet the most advanced requirements. Necessary equipment has been installed also to ensure that schoolchildren apply their theoretical knowledge at laboratories of physics, chemistry, and biology. One of the primary objectives of the complex is to create a healthy environment for education, and ensure pupils’ many-sided advancement. Lessons in the school aim at social and moral advancement of pupils, along with receiving perfect education. One of the objectives set at the education system is to ensure that schoolchildren are prepared for a social life, in addition to educating knowledgeable children. For this purpose, taking the concept “a socially active school” as the basis, the Modern Education Complex named after Heydar Aliyev has been provided with a necessary environment to educate a socially oriented person. This model, in addition to crating conditions for schoolchildren to freely and quickly adapt to any conditions, to make their social lives more interesting and richer, helps to reveal individual ability and potential of every pupil. Olympiad groups, Pupil’s Scientific Association and Pupil’s Parliament are functioning at the school. Pupils take high places at Olympiads and contests of knowledge, speaking successfully at conferences. Highly qualified leading teachers are giving lessons at this education complex. Lessons in the English section are taught on the basis of the Cambridge programme. Teachers assess pupils’ advancement using the Cambridge Checkpoint, determining their strong and weak sides. Those pupils who have finished the programme are issued an IGCSE certificate, which is recognized and highly appreciated in all countries of the world. A rich library is functioning in the school. Open sports grounds of the complex have been built to meet high standards.

The Head of the State and the First Lady became familiarized also with the conditions created in the kindergarten of the complex. All necessary conditions have been created in the kindergarten designed for 112 children to ensure that they are educated here like healthy citizens of the future. While forming groups here, contemporary education rules are followed. Vast possibilities have been opened for children’s rest and entertainment. Intellectual and physical advancement of children, revealing their talent and abilities, protecting their health, and building relations with people will be a focus of attention at the kindergarten.