Azernews.Az

By Aynur Jafarova

British BP and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate within a planned major educational initiative on June 19.

The project called 'Partners in Education' is designed to support Azerbaijan in initiating and implementing projects aimed at creating new educational models, BP reported.

The MoU enables the two parties to work together with other stakeholders, which include the Education and Emergency Situations Ministries, to develop new effective school models.

The scope of the project specifically focuses on the establishment of new comprehensive child-seeking school models in the Kurdamir, Ujar, Aghdash, Yevlakh, Samukh, Goranboy, Shamkir and Tovuz regions along the BP-operated Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) and South Caucasus (SCP) pipelines.

The project will include four components: Family Education Centres (for early learning of pre-school-aged children), inclusion (access to school for children with disabilities), disaster preparedness, and hygiene and sanitation.

The project is expected to create demonstration models to improve the education system increasing learning outcomes and raising the quality of education.

The MoU was signed by BP's Regional President for Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey, Gordon Birrell and UNICEF Representative in Azerbaijan, Mark Hereward.

Also, UNICEF signed action plans with the two government stakeholders - the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Emergency Situations, outlining the roles of each participant in the project.