Azerbaijan
Summary
As oil revenues begin to be generated at an increasing rate and international donor agencies continue to provide significant aid for education, Azerbaijan's currently rather difficult economic situation in the education sector hopefully will be remedied. Through the World Bank-funded Education Reform Project, educational conditions in the country should improve, if only gradually at first. One of the most promising initiatives in the World Bank project appeared to be that of improving teacher-training institutes through a set of five pilot programs that include training of trainers who will be able to replicate the teaching of newer, more-appropriate methods of engaging students in the learning process. In addition, international nongovernmental donors, such as the Soros Foundation that is interested in promoting ethnic conflict resolution, democratization, and human rights in Azerbaijan, should have a very positive impact over time on the political and social climate in the country, as they work collaboratively with Azerbaijanis in schools and community programs to plan and implement programming meant to encourage the development of a strong civil society and greater democratic participation. As the culturally rich and historically experienced people of Azerbaijan continue to further their country's progress through imaginative solutions to educational problems and the dilemmas of sustainable development at the start of the new millennium, Azerbaijan should be able to return to its previously highly regarded status as a center of culture and learning where education is prized and made available to all segments of the population, regardless of their economic status.
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—Barbara Lakeberg Dridi
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