On May 11, 2024 as part of the eTwinning project, an awarding ceremony was held for teachers who won the European Prize and students who won the Robots change our life competition.
The awarding ceremony was attended by Deputy
Minister of Science and Education Firudin Gurbanov, members of the ministry's management,
winning teachers, students and school principals.
Deputy Minister Firudin Gurbanov spoke about
the importance of the project, noting that the education of the next generation depends
on today's teachers, it is very important to create such conditions for
teachers and students in the education system. He also stressed that this
project provides an opportunity for each educator to use international
experience, to teach their students in different environments using modern
methods.
He also
noted that teachers joining the project have the opportunity to build a
project-based lesson model, develop student-oriented education, and take
advantage of online professional development opportunities. Emphasizing the
importance of such important issues as the formation of critical thinking in
the digital environment, computer science and coding, ensuring student safety
in the online environment, various competitions were
held for teachers and students during the year. The purpose of the competitions
is to explore the use of modern technologies by teachers and students. The project allows students to learn new
technologies and digital skills in practice.
It should be noted that teachers from
Azerbaijan won the European Award competition held by the European
Center eTwinning within the eTwinning project. The Champion of the World and
Future Journalists were selected from nearly 118,000 projects. This year, 10 students were selected as winners of student
competition. It should be noted that the winners were selected from about 300
students from 114 schools in 14 regions.
The winning teachers and students were
awarded certificates and special prizes.
We would like to remind you that our country has been participating in the eTwinning project since 2013. The project is part of the European Union's Continuing Education Program. The main goal of the project is to increase communication between pedagogical staff from about 40 European countries participating in the program, to create opportunities for cooperation, as well as to create conditions for the implementation of various projects for the development of joint education.