Azerbaijan, Baku /corr. Trend K.Ramazanova / The US Embassy to Azerbaijan and Azerbaijan Union of English Teachers awarded certificates on completion of the course 'Micro-Scholarship Program on English' to eighty Azerbaijani children from religious and poor families.
The children have been taking the courses since October 2006 in order to learn English. The US Embassy to Azerbaijan and Azerbaijan Union of English Teachers held examinations for the children from the cities of Baku, Gabal, and Lankaran. An essay competition on 'How I see the world' was also held. In addition, the children who are interested in journalism passed special exercises and at the end they were given an opportunity to publish a newspaper.