“The education of girls must be prioritized.”
elchi reports that the Minister of Science and Education Emin Amrullayev stated this at the anniversary event dedicated to the 5th anniversary of the “Support for Girls’ Education” project and the 125th anniversary of the establishment of Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev’s girls’ school.
“Educated girls are educated mothers. Students whose mothers have higher education have higher results than students whose mothers have less education. This is not a step that changes one person’s life in a short time, but rather affects the lives of more people. In recent years, in evaluation projects in the field of education, girls’ results in studies conducted in the 4th grade in all countries are higher than boys’ results. However, when we look at the results of 15-year-old children, we see that the result changes in favor of boys. What happens during this period that girls’ results decline? The reason for this is observed through restrictive steps in girls’ social lives,” the minister emphasized.
Emin Amrullayev noted that in recent years, the results in the education of both boys and girls have improved in Azerbaijan: “The difference in girls’ results has been eliminated. In addition, we observe an increase in the number of girls admitted to technological specialties. This indicator allows us to look to the future with hope. If similar approaches are maintained in the coming years, we predict seeing more female leaders in public life. The main issue is the factor of girls growing up independently, making independent decisions, and not depending on anyone. It is an important factor for women and girls to become equal participants in society. To solve problems, we must first accept that problems exist,” the minister emphasized.
The minister stated that the issue to be emphasized at such events is that women have the same opportunities and equal rights: “The low participation of women in the economy, education, or other fields indicates that the society is incomplete. The most effective method for this is education. Changes that occur, especially at younger ages, are reflected at older ages. The process must start from primary education and continue up to higher education.”