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Status of comprehensive schools not passing accreditation can be lowered in Azerbaijan

27 December 2011 09:58 (UTC +04:00)

If the problems occur again, the measures will be taken concerning this school in accordance with the accreditation rules. The status of such schools can be loweredâ€, chief of accreditation department of the Education Ministry Habib Zarbaliyev told APA.

He said these schools could be given other status.

Zarbaliyev said closing of the non-accredited schools is very strong measure. â€œThe goal of accreditation is not a closing of the schools, but the improving of education quality. I donâ€™t believe that there is any school that even has no minimal indexesâ€.

Department chief said the accreditation of schools aims to determine the conformity of the process of education, material-technical basis of school, education programs, potential of personnel, financial resources and education infrastructure with the state educational standards and other legal acts.
â€œAccreditation is a legal guarantee for the determination of the status of a school, extension of its functioning for the next five years,â€ he said.

The accreditation of schools began in Azerbaijan in December. School-lyceum on physics-mathematics and informatics #27 in Gandja has already undergone accreditation, the results will be known soon. School #16 in Shirvan, school #225 in Baku, gymnasium on natural sciences in Sumgayit, school #164 in Baku, school #10 in Mingachevir, school #1 in Aghdash, schools #4 and 6 in Lankaran, school #3 in Shaki, school #2 in Guba will be accredited.