Candidate - 2024: the foundations of the future are laid today
As we know, at the comprehensive meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers held on July 12, important issues of national interest were considered and appropriate decisions were made. According to the relevant documents signed by President Serdar Berdimuhamedov during the meeting, this year the admission season for higher and secondary vocational schools of the country will last from July 15 to August 26. At present, documents are being accepted from candidates who wish to study in the provinces of the country and in the cities of Ashgabat and Arkadag. The Turkmen leader identified among the main tasks ahead the admission of talented and deserving young people to higher educational institutions, conducting entrance exams in an organized and fair manner, and establishing social control. In this regard, the correspondent of our newspaper talked to Berdinazar KHASHYROV, acting head of the Department of Higher and Secondary Vocational Education of the Ministry of Education of Turkmenistan.
- First of all, if you tell us about the preparation for the season of accepting documents of applicants who want to enter the higher and secondary vocational schools of the country in the 2024-2025 academic year, the opportunities created for it, and the plans developed by the Ministry of Education of Turkmenistan in this regard!
- At the comprehensive session of the Cabinet of Ministers held on July 12, the President of Turkmenistan signed the Decree on approving the plan for admission to higher and secondary vocational schools of the country in 2024. In order to successfully fulfill the tasks ahead in this field, the Ministry of Education of Turkmenistan is currently conducting the necessary work.
On the basis of the plan approved by the relevant Order of the Turkmen leader, the season for accepting documents of candidates was launched on July 15, and the work in this field is carried out in accordance with the "Procedure for accepting documents from candidates who want to study in higher and secondary vocational schools of Turkmenistan in 2024". Information related to admission to higher and secondary vocational education schools (skills and areas of training, places and deadlines for receiving documents, exams by professions, etc.) is prepared and published in newspapers, official documents of the Ministry of Education of Turkmenistan, as well as higher and secondary vocational schools. made public on web sites. In addition, the information about the addresses and contact telephone numbers of health care institutions and health centers where medical examinations are held in the provinces, Ashgabat and Arkadag cities for those who wish to enter the higher and secondary vocational schools of Turkmenistan in 2024 was shared.
Acceptance of documents from applicants will continue until July 28 at higher educational institutions, teaching, medical and cultural secondary vocational educational institutions, and until August 19 at other secondary vocational educational institutions. Documents will be accepted at the locations of vocational schools, provincial centers, Ashgabat and Arkadag.
— Candidates for higher educational institutions of the country are admitted to study in professional, bachelor's and master's programs. It would be appropriate if you could give a brief description of the features of each of them.
- In accordance with Article 28 of the Law of Turkmenistan "On Education" adopted on June 5, 2021 (the proposed version), there is a two-level, as well as a one-level, structure of training employees of higher professional education in the country.
The first level of higher professional education, which is a two-level structure in which training is carried out in the fields of preparation, is defined as higher education that allows you to carry out all types of professional work. Training of specialists under this program is carried out on a basis not lower than general secondary education.
The second level of higher professional education, which is a two-level structure in which training takes place, is a master's program, which is defined as higher education that provides preparation for independently solving a number of professional or management tasks, conducting various types of pedagogical work and conducting research. Training of specialists under this program is carried out on a basis not inferior to higher education.
Higher professional education, which is a one-level structural component of the training of employees (professional program), whose training is carried out by professions, is defined as higher education that allows to carry out all types of professional, pedagogical, research work. Professional training in this program is common
