Ashgabat hosted the first methodological conference on the development of the digital system of education.The heads and computer science teachers of secondary and specialized schools in Ashgabat, specialists of the National Institute of Education took part in the meeting.
The pedagogical forum was organized jointly by the Ministry of Education and Ashgabat Main Department for Education in the framework of the implementation of the Concept on the digital educational system, adopted on September 15 in compliance with the special Resolution of the President of Turkmenistan.
The main goal of the Concept is to establish the information educational environment and ensure the universal access to the electronic sources of education, as well as improve the quality of knowledge and pedagogical methods.
The establishment of the online educational space is an important step in the development of the national electronic document management system. The main fund of the necessary information will be kept at the server of the Information centre, opened at the Ministry of Education.
The main tasks of the centre include the complex development of the e-learning methods in various disciplines, e-textbooks, video- and audio-materials, interactive and multimedia programmes, presentations, etc.
The centre will collect the up-to-date information on the world achievements in the sphere of science and education.In particular, it is planned to publish the special catalogue of encyclopedias and dictionaries.
The pedagogical forum provided the platform for the specialists, representing all levels of the national educational system, to share their experience. The representatives of the National Institute of Education, the principles and teachers of Ashgabat secondary schools No. 12, 28, 37, 59, 72, 87, who actively use innovative information technologies in their work presented the most interesting reports.
In the near future, all educational institutions of our country will have to create digital databases that will be connected to the central server under the Ministry of Education of the country.
The working groups will be created and the Action plan on the Concept implementation will be developed in the secondary schools and Main Department for Education in Ashgabat.
Class registers, pupil’s grade books, teachers' notes and other auxiliary educational and methodical literature will be registered in the electronic document flow system. Pupils’ parents will have access to the information base of each educational institution.
Educational institutions in the regions of the country conduct similar work.Starting from November, monthly seminars will be organized for the specialist of the system of education to exchange the best practices.
The staff of Ashgabat school No. 28, headed by Hemra Aramedov, PhD in Technical Sciences, Honoured Education Worker, laureate of Magtymguly Youth Prize, the holder of "Teacher of the Year" title will share his achievements.
In order to provide universal access for schoolchildren, students, parents, educators, and any interested person to the unified system, all educational institutions of our country will be gradually connected to the electronic network.