Azerbaijan, Baku, 26 September/corr. Trend U.Ismayilova/ "In 2009 AZN 1.3bn is planned to be allocated from Azerbaijani Public budget for the development of education system," Azerbaijani Minister of Education Misir Mardanov said.
"The main priorities in 2009 education plans are already determined and beside the budget funds, additional investments are planned to be attracted to their implementation," the Minister said.
Education is the priority sphere of Azerbaijani economy, including the questions of information and communicational technologies in education, construction of schools, publication of new books and other aspects, reflected in the program of measures for 2009.
The Minister said that the plans for the next years also include training and retraining pedagogues, reforming the sphere of estimation of the education system and the system of information in education.
The main directions of the Public budget for 2009 and next three years were discussed in the Cabinet of Ministers of Azerbaijan. 33% of total expenditures were allocated for socially directed expenditures in the Public budget. They will increase by AZN 790mln or 24.4% as compared to the current year.
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