AZERBAIJAN: Working group to reform higher education

A working group has been set up in Azerbaijan to develop a government programme to reform the higher education system, reports the agency Trend News. President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree on 31 January that will ensure measures are taken to integrate Azerbaijani higher education schools into those of Europe.

The first meeting of the working group, headed by Minister of Education Misir Mardanov, was to be held last week. Azerbaijan has more than 30 private and state universities.
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