The television film “The Smile of the Actress” was filmed in 1974. Although fifty years have passed since the incident in the plot of the biographical comedy dedicated to the popular artist Nasiba Zeynalova, it still reflects the present: the daughter of the actress, who graduated from high school and was assigned to Masalli, asks “Where am I, where is the district?” , – tearfully refuses to work at the district school. Not only the young university graduate, but also her mother and relatives are strongly opposed to working in the district.
These days, the statement of the General Education Department of the State Agency for Preschool and General Education about the fact that “more than 2,000 places in the competition for recruiting teachers have not been selected for 3 years” is also a problem caused by this type of approach. Thus, according to the results of the MEC exam, teachers who have shown good results for years prefer schools in Baku and its surroundings. The vacancies include schools in remote regions and some subjects in the Russian section: “Candidates with at least 40 points could be hired if they applied for those 2,000 vacancies. Experience shows that teachers with high scores in the city of Baku, less and those who accumulate points start working in the regions, or those who choose vacant positions in the regions then reject that job.”
“Caspian” The newspaper published an article on the subject.
It should be noted that the State has introduced various concessions for teachers working in remote regions. But what makes teachers flee remote towns and regions?
The opinions of experts on the subject are also interesting:
Parvana Bayramova, member of the Public Council of the Ministry of Science and Education, believes that, first of all, there should be social privilege packages that encourage teachers to travel to the regions: “This problem always exists and requires a comprehensive approach. It should There should be incentive packages that encourage young women and family couples to work in remote schools. On the other hand, teachers working in the regions should be supported to develop. According to the member of the Public Council, it is necessary to develop the culture of work in the regions among young people while they are still students: “I think that when students are trained as teachers in higher schools, this culture must be formed in “Make them understand that the experience gained in the places is more important than leaving.
“The vast majority of teachers are women. Especially for young and newly married women, working in remote villages creates a serious problem. Sometimes their families and parents do not allow it. Male teachers are interested in high salaries” said the Honorable Professor. Asif Jahangirov, director of the Amonashvili Academy of Humanistic Pedagogy, commented on this issue.
The expert believes that the Ministry of Science and Education should seriously think about teachers and education workers who work in remote villages and rural areas in general. The newly elected Milli Mejlis should determine the legislative basis for this: “Significant incentive measures should be provided for teachers who are not local residents. I think their salary should be increased several times, social privileges should be defined. Issues related to “If this is also resolved, it goes without saying that some of the teachers who obtained high marks will be eager to work in the town and in the district.”
According to the expert, in terms of quality of general education, one of the most important problems in Azerbaijan currently is the elimination of the marked difference between rural and urban schools: “Imagine, in Finland, the difference in quality between rural schools and urban Urban schools are only 7 percent. In Germany, this difference is 42 to 47 percent. In our country, this difference is more than 80 percent. In those schools the number of very intelligent students is destroyed. “To achieve this, it is necessary to send strong teachers to rural areas and significantly stimulate their activity.”
Khalida Hamidova, head of the Department of Pedagogy of Preschool Education at ADPU, believes that young people often do not want to leave the capital and the city after finishing high school: “When we ask students this question, we notice that most of They want to stay in Baku. There are few jobs in the regions to which they do not want to go, thinking that development in this direction will not be very useful and then they do not want to return to the regions. This creates problems not only in the regions. daycares and in schools.” K. Hamidova believes that in this matter “how much can a teacher develop in the regions?”, “how useful can he be in the process?”. as a development trend. In addition, it is necessary to take into account social privileges: “Certain concessions should be made. I think that if the development trend of schools in the regions increases, if the conditions there are improved, there will be people who want to work. We know that the majority of schools in remote villages do not have the necessary conditions. If conditions are created for them, it will help them to develop, if trainings, conferences, etc. are organized, we will achieve a more successful result in solving the problems.”
