Why did the student need extra training? |

However, elementary school students are next in the extra class of the day prepares his lesson, the picture is different for middle and high school students: they have lessons on a different subject at the tutor they go to after school, and they have to do both school subjects and homework at home.

BBC News Some of the Azerbaijani-speaking parents believe that there is a “gap” between the syllabus given to the students and the questions they will face in the exam, and that there is a need for additional exercises. According to some, it is difficult to master the lesson in a class with many students, so they have to use the help of a tutor.

According to teachers who spoke to the BBC, although the final and entrance exams follow the textbooks, the questions are relatively difficult and you need to have “excellent knowledge” to answer them.

State Examination Center (DIM) all the test questions exam states that it prepares according to the ability of its participants, i.e. in a way that allows measurement of low, medium and high ability levels.

Education The Ministry believes that even without a tutor higher school there were not few students who won, but additional training is needed to receive more in-depth education and master the programs more deeply.

Fatima Atakishiyeva, who lives in Baku and whose son is in the 9th grade, has had an extra teacher for her child since the first grade:

“I hired an additional tutor to do the homework, and they did the tasks of the next lesson together with that teacher at school. Today, my son is already in the 9th grade, and I am still hiring an additional teacher. I am currently studying math. Azerbaijan I will also hire a teacher of language and English.”

Fatima Atakishiyeva says that if she doesn’t hire an additional tutor, her son won’t be able to take the 9th grade final exams with the classes held in high school:

“Actually, I can’t claim that they don’t teach at my son’s school. My son simply cannot concentrate in class. He tells me that there are many children, mother, and I cannot study there. “There are few children in tutoring groups, so they can learn there.”

Sabina Bayramova, the mother of the 7th grade student, who lives in Garadagh district of Baku, and her son higher education wants him to go to additional preparations to get it. He says that the children in his son’s class who go to extra training school did better in the exam than those who did not:

“I used to send my son to a tutor, but now I can’t. Of course, there was a difference in his reading when he was given extra lessons,” the 42-year-old mother added.

According to Sabina Bayramova, one of the main reasons why she is forced to hire an additional tutor for her child is the large number of students in the classes:

“There are 34 students in the class. In preparation, the teacher only deals with it. In class child because it happens a lot, teachers do not give time to all children. Moreover, because there was a pandemic for 2 years, the children fell behind in education. They don’t know anything. Children must go to training to fill the gap created by the pandemic. By the 5th grade, my son did his homework on his own. It seems that the lessons have also become more difficult.”

who does not wish to be named, Baku A 9th grade student in one of his schools had to go to extra preparations because the noise of his classmates during the lesson prevented him from understanding the topic being taught:

“Not everyone listens to the lesson. Every word speaks. That’s why I can’t fully understand and learn the lesson. For this reason, I need to go to additional training.”

According to him, there are at most 9 people in the training, so it is easier to understand the topic:

“Because all those who come to extra training come to learn, so they stay calm.”

His two children, who are in the middle grades, have three years of mathematics, English and Azerbaijan One of the parents living in Ganja, who prepares the language, says that their children repeat these subjects every year starting from the 5th grade:

“How much time is allocated to mastering a new subject at school?” A few lessons, the child does not remember. Now my daughter is in the 8th grade, she has been repeating mathematics from the 5th grade every year for 3 years with the tutor, and again they started to leave, again they started from the topics of the 5th grade.”

Our interviewer believes that without these preparations, his children higher they cannot score high enough to get into schools.

He did not want to be named because he was worried that there would be problems with his work Baku A language and literature teacher of one of the schools tells BBC News Azerbaijan that the main reason why students need an additional tutor is the need to repeat previous lessons:

“During the 9th grade graduation exam, the questions of the State Examination Center cover the topics from the 5th to the 9th grade. The 11th grade final exam covers the 5-11th grade program. Of course, since the students have forgotten certain things from the subjects held in previous years, there is a need for additional training to repeat the previous lessons.

But our interviewer adds that the large number of students in the class makes it difficult for teachers to prepare students for the exams of the State Examination Center:

“For example, let me say about my subject. The questions in the final exams are not only about grammar. Total 10 the question is from grammar, the remaining questions are text exercises. In such a case, it is not possible to teach grammar to more than 30 students in one 45 minutes, and to use them on the text in that form. Therefore, students have to hire an additional teacher.”

Our interviewer also says that it was compiled by DİM exam Although the questions are based on textbooks, they are more difficult:

“Average school if we look at the textbooks, we will see that both the rules and the tasks are easy. But the questions compiled by DIM are more difficult. That is, to answer those questions, it is necessary to have more perfect knowledge.”

According to the parents who spoke to the BBC, there is a mismatch between the exam questions of the SDG and the high school subjects.

According to 42-year-old Sabina Bayramova, her son, who graduated from the 9th grade this year, is also concerned about this issue. complaint does:

“The exam questions are completely different with the lessons. My son, studying in the 9th grade, said after the graduation exam that mom, the subjects taught to us and the exam questions were completely different. It shouldn’t be child How should he answer the exam questions from the lesson he didn’t pass?”

Aghalar Garibov, an analyst in the field of education, believes that State Examination Center There is a problem in coordinating between the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Education, which leads to inconsistencies between school teaching and exam questions.

An analyst speaking to the BBC believes that although the test database at the State Examination Center has been adapted to the updated textbooks, not all outdated materials are not removed.

But official institutions do not agree with this claim. The Ministry of Education told the BBC that after each graduation or entrance exam, the Ministry of Education provides them with samples of used tasks for analysis, and according to their analysis, there is no discrepancy between the questions and the syllabus.

The Ministry of Education and Culture conducts scientific-methodical monitoring of textbooks every year, and as a result, the textbooks in effect in that academic year are compared with the textbooks that applicants have passed in lower grades, and if content inconsistencies are found, they are taken into account in improving the test bank and formulating question books for exams, the institution told the BBC.

The Ministry of Education emphasizes that the materials prepared by it are intended for those who prepare independently for the exams and those who want to repeat the subjects taught at school.