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The second half of August – a period of active preparations for the new school year

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A good tradition of last summer days – ‘school fairs’ opened on August 1 in all regions of the country.

There are 15 points of sale opened in large markets and trading centres in the Turkmen capital. Every day, many people come there to purchase school supplies.

The school fairs offer a variety of office supplies of attractive design for different age categories. There are various pupil’s grade books, notebooks, drawing books. Moreover, the drawing books as well as school and sports uniforms for children of all ages are decorated with the emblem of the V Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games – a grandiose sports event to be held in the Olympic Village in the Turkmen capital in September.

The products offered at the school fairs are mainly produced in Turkmenistan. The school supplies produced in Turkmenistan make up about 80 percent of the entire range of goods presented at the school fairs. Organized on the eve of the new school year by the Ministry of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations, as well as its subordinate units, school fairs will work until September 5.

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By tradition, meetings and methodological seminars are arranged for the specialists of the sphere of education in August. The agenda of the meetings focuses on the important issues, including the preparations for the new 2017-2018 school year.

Educational seminars will be held throughout the country on August 21-23. The meetings with the best specialists of the sphere of education will be arranged in etraps of all regions on August 24 as well as in Ashgabat and velayat centres on August 26.

The meetings and seminars will focus on the improvement of the educational work in the context of educational reforms.

The meeting participants will discuss the aspects of the implementation of youth policy, formation of a harmoniously developed, creatively-minded younger generation, promotion of children's interest in research, studying foreign languages, arts, and sports, as well as the establishment of school library funds.

The criteria for the professional competence of teachers will be considered during the seminars. The orientation towards the professional growth is an important term to ensure the high quality of education, its adequacy to the requirements of the country's progressive development.