November 30 - December 1, 2007 – one hundred economics teachers and distinguished guests from the United States Agency for International Development and the business community participated in the Lead Teacher Conference in Baku, Azerbaijan. Funded through USAID’s School Economic Education Program, the event was facilitated by Project Harmony and Junior Achievement Azerbaijan.First organized in 2003 and conducted every two years, the Lead Teachers Conference introduces teaching strategies to secondary and vocational school teachers to enhance economic education in schools and colleges. Attended by representatives from USAID, members of the JAA Board...
Junior Achievement Azerbaijan (JAA) received a grant from BP and its co-venturers in Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli (ACG), Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC), Shah Deniz (SD), and South Caucasus Pipeline (SCP) projects to provide economics and business curriculum for high school students in Baku communities through the School Economics and Business Education Program (SEBE). The initiative is a part of Economic Opportunities Programme (EcOP) for the Baku region that is aimed at supporting enterprise development and job-creation by providing access to high quality training and micro-creditopportunities. The EcOP is designed to support communities following the demobilization of our major construction projects. It builds on the ...
The School Economic Education program teacher from Baku, Ms. Naila Ahmadova received the Honorary Teacher of Economics degree from the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Ms. Ahmedova joined Junior Achievement Azerbaijan activities in 2000 from Baku School #132. A year later her school became one of ten schools to pioneer with SEE. In 2002, Naila Ahmadova received the Trainer of Trainers status from JA Azerbaijan and since then has trained more than 200 teachers on economics and SEE activity implementation. Ms. Ahmadova's students participated in numerous SEE activities. Among their achievements are championships in the National Management and Economics competition in 2002, 2004, and 2007 and VIII place
Starting July 16 the Community Economic Education Program (COMEEP) brought nine successful program participants to job places in Baku, Ganje and Yevlakh to learn about careers first-hand. COMEEP started in 2006 with the support from British Petroleum and partner companies and is implemented by Junior Achievement Azerbaijan.The most successful training participants applied for the internship opportunity with Junior Achievement Azerbaijan partner companies in June. Following thorough evaluation process nine COMEEP beneficiaries received the opportunity to participate in one-week to one-month job shadow with Kapital Bank, one of the largest local banks, and the Pragma Corporation, a US-based private consulting...
September 2007, JA Azerbaijan released the new version of the Economics textbook that will be used in schools selected this year for the School Economic Education Program (SEE) and School Economic and Business Education Program (SEBE). The textbooks content adoption and upgrade was made possible through the grant from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).USAID and British Petroleum and partner companies funded the publication and distribution of the textbooks to 65 secondary schools in twelve regions. Improved based on Junior Achievement Worldwides Economics textbook, the new teaching resource addresses current situation of international and Azerbaijans economies, bases on strong scientific background, and contains applied extracurricular activities.The content abounds in historical examples, expounds economic theories and systems,gives explanation of economic policies...
In 2007, the School Economic Education Program (SEE) expanded its activities into five colleges and 45 public schools in twelve regions in Baku, Sumqayit, Mingechevir, Ganje, Ali Bayramli, Masalli, Kurdamir, Naftalan, Shamakhi, Salyan and Agstafa increasing the number of schools participating in projects on market economy to 230 in Azerbaijans 26 regions.Since 2003, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, SEE has introduced the Economics subject into Azerbaijani secondary schools using new teaching methodology and Junior Achievement Economics curriculum. In order to instruct teachers on delivering the course, SEE conducted extensive 17-day summer training seminar for 60 teachers...
Every year the School Economic Education programs most successful students intern with JAA partner companies. From July to September 2007, thirteen SEE students (winners of the Student Companies, Global Business Ethics, and National Management and Economics competition) worked with career advisors at Statoil Azerbaijan, McDermott Caspian Contractors, Exxon Azerbaijan, AIG and KCA Deutag to gain a first-hand look at what opportunities are available in the business world. The internships range from one-week job-shadow opportunities to two-month extensive internships. Javid Veliyev, student from School #95 in Baku who joined the School Economic Education Program in 2006, applied for the internship...
The School Economic Education program's (SEE) alumni team (from the Azerbaijan State Oil Academy) became world champions at the 12th Annual Hewlett Packard Global Business Challenge (HPGBC). The contest, held in Prague, brought together the world's strongest economics and business students from Canada, Lithuania, Argentina, Russia, China, and Azerbaijan.Since 2003 SEE has supported 750 students' participation in the competition, resulting in Azerbaijani teams reaching the finals two years in a row-in 2006 a school team from Baku took third place.Organized by Junior Achievement Worldwide and the Hewlett-Packard Corporation, the contest gives thousands of students the opportunity to take the role of business leaders...
June 27, Junior Achievement and Statoil Azerbaijan took twenty five Global Business Ethics program finalists to the Caspian Energy Center (CEC).Established in 2005 by the initiative of BP and partners and co-financed by Statoil and other companies, the Caspian Energy Center is the unique exhibition of Azerbaijan oil and gas industry, presented through the use of innovative and educational computer simulations. The Center is an amazing experience for visitors where they can learn about oil, its extraction and utilization, oil products that vary from petroleum to textile, world's energy resources, and many others. CEC staff presented the students scientific shows, demonstrated the role of pressure in oil production, performed smart games, and displayed...
During spring 2007, the School Economic Education Program conducted evaluation of its programs in 180 schools in 20 regions of Azerbaijan. Below are the evaluation results compiled from the information from teachers, students and school directors...
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Junior Achievement provides teachers, and schools with concrete programmes, and allows students to learn how to put theory into practice and to understand what entrepreneurship is about. In this way students gain self-confidence and motivation, become proactive and learn how to work in a team. This is an important investment in Europe's future.