ABOUT DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENCE AND EDUCATION IN AZERBAIJAN DURING XIX-XX CENTURIES

Abstract

Science and education in Azerbaijan based on national roots, human values, secular relations, is a field of activity conducive to the development of people, society and the state. Future of our people is connected with science and education. Article deals with the research of information about the development of all areas of Azerbaijani science in the XIX-XX centuries. It is known, that in the late XIX – early XX centuries, Azerbaijan achieved great success in the development of various fields of science. Numerous works have been written about the history of country. The work of Abbasgulu Aga Bakikhanov “Gulustani-Iram”, written in 1841, occupies a special place in this area. In the second half of the XIX century, about 713 schools and madrasas functioned in Northern Azerbaijan. In rural areas of such regions of Azerbaijan as Shusha, Nukha, Ganja (Elizavetpol), Shamakhi, Nakhchivan, Goychay, Salyan and others were opened new schools. In the 1914-1915 school years, 61200 pupils attended in 943 primary schools. In 1925-1926 the number of institutions was 1,437 people, and 148,602 people were enrolled in them. In the 1925/26 school year 5,232 teachers worked in the field of education. In 1999, 1,263 thousand young people were enrolled in higher and secondary educational institutions in Azerbaijan, and in 2009 there were 1,626,000. In general, in the XIX-XX centuries, all branches of science and education in Azerbaijan were developed.