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EAMP 2008-2010
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AzETA implemented Project 3 under English Access Microscholarship Programme (Access Programme) in December 2008 - July 2010.
There were 144 beneficiaries in the Project. These were 14-18 year old non-elite students who studied English for a period of two years, with each receiving 132 hours of instruction per year consisting of 4 hours per week for at total of 33 weeks and 80 hours of non-residential summer camp consisting of 5 days and 4 hours per day for a total of 4 weeks per year which commenced on December 1 2008 and ended in July 31 2010.
Below is some details of the Programme:
Baku:
There were 4 groups in Baku. Classes were organised in Ahmedli girls’ religious school (madrasa). Teachers were Hijran Huseynova and Gamar Rustamova. Both teachers have experiences with the previous EAMP groups.
Mashtaga:
There were 4 groups in Mashtaga. Classes were organised in Secondary School # 108 in Mashtaga. Teacher was Sudaba Sadigova. She has experience from the previous EAMP. She is also Co-ordinator of Test Developing Team of the Programme.
Jalilabad:
There were 2 groups in Jalilabad. Teacher was Yusif Aliyev. Classes were organised School #31 in Jalilabad town.
Mingechevir:
There were 2 groups in Mingechevir. Teacher was Gulnaz Hajiyeva. Classes were organised in AzETA Mingechevir Branch office which is located at Mingechevir Branch of Azerbaijan Teachers' Institute.
Ismayilli:
There were 2 groups in Ismayilli. Teacher was Yegana Mitalova. Classes were organised in Ismayilli Village School after Natiq Behdiyev.
Xacmaz:
There were 2 groups in Xacmaz. Teacher was Sevil Aliverdiyeva. Classes were organised in AzETA Branch office at school #8 after Academician Zarifa Aliyeva.
Ganja:
There was 1 group in Ganja. Teacher was Natiga Guliyeva. Classes were organised in Ganja Public Library and Resource Centre.
Qebele:
There were 2 groups in Qebele. Teacher was Parvana Samedli. The classes were organised in Tuntul Village School.
Sheki:
There were 3 groups in Sheki. Teachers were: Ulker Aliyeva, Vusala Rahimova and Dilara Kerimova. 2 classes were organised in AzETA Sheki Office in International School #8. The other group was organised in Bash Goynuk Village. The classes of this group were organised in the Village School.
Salyan
There were 2 groups in Salyan. Teacher was Parvana Beylarova. The classes were organised in Salyan Education Department.
Meetings:
EAMP teachers would meet in Baku quarterly to discuss issues of common concerns, share experiences, also to be trained on materials development, test development, etc.
Testing and assessment:
Besides weekly tests developed by each teacher individually, the students had general tests which were developed by the Test Developing Group within the Programme. As such, the dates for the tests in 2009 were as below:
1st test between 23-29 March
2nd test between 22-28 June
1st year final test on 29 July (after the non-residential summer camp)
The dates for the Year 2 under Project 3 were . The classes for Year 2 started on 2 October 2009 and will continue until 31 May 2010.
1st test between 22-28 March
2nd test between 21-27 June
Final test on 16 July (after the non-residential summer camp)
Project monitoring
The below tools were used for the Project monitoring:
- phone call to the Project beneficiaries;
- phone call to the parents of the Project beneficiaries;
- visit to the Project regions;
- checking Project teachers' folders
A special questionnaire was developed for each phone call. On 9 February 2010 the last phone call was made to randomly selected students from each group of each region.
Monitoring visits were made to Qebele on 10 February, Sheki on 28 March, Xacmaz on 23 May 2009, and to Salyan on 10 December, to Ganja on 28 January, to Mingechevir on 22 February and to Jalilabad on 28 April 2010 where the Project Co-ordinator observed the classes and asked the students about their opinion, concerns, suggestions on the Project.
ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES
Celebrating Easter:
Easter celebration was organized in March 2009. As it is challenging to bring all the students to Baku, celebrations were organized in the regions. Sheki, Ganja, Ismayilli, Qebele and Mingechevir had their event in Sheki on 14 March 2009.
Baku, Mashtaga, Mardakan and Xacmaz had an event in Baku on 28 March. Nardaran EAMP 2007-2009 also joined here.
Jalilabad had the celebration in Lenkaran together with Lenkaran EAMP 2007-2009 students on 4 April 2009.
Non-residential summer camps:
The summer camp was organised on 1-29 July 2009 and on 16 June - 15 July 2010. Students from the neighbouring regions visited one another during these summer camps to have contests. The summer camp programme included the materials on the US only, including, US history, geography, culture, politics, etc. Project teachers developed a special summer camp programme where all this information was placed.
At the end of the Program the students were awarded with certificates. |
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