On January 25, The ceremony of certificate presentation was held at Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University. The certificates were presented to a group of teachers and students of the university who participated in the IELTS exams organized in partnership with the Education Development Fund (EDF), the Education Quality Assurance Agency (ENQA), and the British Council. The ceremony was attended by ASPU management, structural leaders of the faculty of Philology, employees of relevant institutions, and candidate teachers and students.

Speaking at the opening speech, ASPU Rector Professor Jafar Jafarov said: “Based on the cooperation agreement signed between the Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University, the Education Quality Assurance Agency, and the Education Development Fund, an IELTS exam was organized for a group of teachers and students of our university to strengthen the formation of human capital and master the English language of talented students. 9 teachers and 10 students selected based on an intra-university competition took part in the exam organized by the British Council, and each of them received an international language certificate with a high result. During the current year, more students are expected to participate in the exams.”

Elnur Nasibov, Chairman of the Board of the Education Development Fund, Ulkar Sattarova, Chairperson of the Education Quality Assurance Agency, and Nargiz Akbarova, Exams Services Manager for the South Caucasus of the British Council noted that the purpose of organizing these exams is to promote international language certificates in universities, to stimulate students who have an accredited international language certificate such as the IELTS certificate to be exempted from relevant programs in the future. It was especially emphasized that in the first year of the project, which was implemented jointly with 6 state higher education institutions at the end of last year, all teachers and students who were nominated from the Pedagogical University succeeded in obtaining IELTS certificates with high results, and the project will be continued in the following years.

Later, certificates were presented to teachers and students.

After the presentation of the certificates, the guests were closely acquainted with the course of the winter exam session, the process of checking and appealing the results of the exams at the ASPU, and expressed their satisfaction with the organization of the exams at a high level.