Turkmenistan, Ashkhabad, Jan.27 / Trend H.Hasanov/
The President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov approved the procedure for developing and approving state educational standards, the official Turkmen source said.
This step is taken to provide the development and approval of state educational standards, obligatory to educational institutions in the country and implementation of the law On Education.
The Ministry of Education of the country should provide effective and proper introducing of state standards in the education system in accordance with the document. Dozens of programs and cooperation agreements with leading academic centers in Asia, Europe and America is being implemented.
According to the president, reforms throughout the country brought about a radical renewal of all the structures of the education system. Curricula and programmes, current published books and manuals were improved and electronic literature is available.
According to the president work continues on the introduction of the latest achievements of world science to the education system, equipping it with the modern educational technology, laboratory equipment and computers. Specialized schools for gifted children have been opened.
The disbanded Academy of Sciences has been restored as education returns to the normal standards. Overseas diplomas are now accepted and a unique institution of the desert and the sun was reinstated. The project of the technology park has also been delivered.
The Turkmenistan Ministry of Education is negotiating to open a satellite of Columbia University (USA) in the country, but the president is not fully up to speed with its progress. A branch of the Russian State University of Oil and Gas named after I.M.Gubkina has been operating in Ashkhabat since 2009.
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