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By Nigar Orujova

Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev has made a tour of schools No. 32 and No. 12 in Nizami district of Baku on September 10.

He first visited the secondary school No. 32 after its major repair and reconstruction processes.

Briefing the president on the activities of the school, Baku Mayor Hajibala Abutalibov said that 1,050 pupils will study in the four-storey school. He noted that all classrooms and departments of the school were repaired in line with modern standards and provided with necessary equipment and teaching aids ahead of the new academic year.

Heating and lighting systems were reconstructed in line with the highest standards too. A 640-seat additional block will be built next year.

Then the president visited secondary school No. 12.

The head of state was informed about the repair and reconstruction works there. The school was built in 1974 on the initiative of national leader Heydar Aliyev, who inaugurated it himself.

There are 43 classrooms in the four-storey school. Some 1,200 pupils are studying at the school. An additional 240-seat block will be built there for the next academic year. All classrooms and departments are repaired in line with modern standards. Meanwhile, some state-of-the-art heating and lighting systems have been installed there.

Continuous works are carried out to reconstruct educational facilities and build new schools and kindergartens under a plan of action featured in the special State Program on the socioeconomic development of Baku and its settlements.

Secondary schools are revamped to the highest standards and supplied with necessary equipment. Meanwhile, landscaping works are carried out and new green areas are created on the territory of educational facilities in the capital, adjacent settlements and all parts of the country.

Important works are also being done to strengthen technical infrastructure of schools.