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Some parents in Azerbaijan are raising their children with excessive indulgence and making it harder for teachers to do their job, lawmaker Jeyhun Mammadov said, warning that the country’s education system is facing growing pressure at a time of rapid change.
Speaking at an international forum on the development and transformation of preschool education, Mammadov said education is entering a new phase as artificial intelligence reshapes daily life and global approaches to learning continue to evolve. He said those changes require new thinking in Azerbaijan’s own education system.
Mammadov also referred to recent disturbing incidents in schools abroad, including in Turkey, saying Azerbaijani teenagers are also exposed to different outside influences from time to time. In that environment, he said, one of the key issues is the role of parents and how prepared they are to take part in the education process.
Universities are doing their part by training specialists, he said, but it remains unclear how ready parents themselves are to support that process and work with schools.
He added that teachers and educational institutions are now operating under especially difficult conditions. According to Mammadov, some parents try to satisfy their children’s every demand, creating problems later in the classroom.
He said punitive methods are no longer effective in modern education, and in some cases teachers trying to discipline or guide a child face resistance from the parents instead.
Mammadov said Azerbaijan’s future depends directly on the strength of its education system.
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