The Department of Professional Technical Education of the Ministry of Education of Azerbaijan Republic has prepared the project on conception of development of professional technical education for the period 2007-2012. The main goal of the conception is to satisfy the contry`s needs in specialized personnel, improve professional technical education from the point of view of up-to-date requirements in accordance with the Program of Reforms in the Sphere of education, Preparation of Highly Skilled Personnel for Industry and Services.
During the preparation of the document a number of programs, the state educational policy, and UNESCO conceptual principles on professional technical education were taken as its base.
The steps of the development of professional technical education, the content, the aims and tasks of the system of education, and other expected results were reflected in the document.