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TURKMENISTAN: APPLICANTS FOR RUSSIAN UNIVERSITIES TO SIT TEST ON RUHNAMA
7/17/07
A EurasiaNet Partner Post from BBC Monitoring

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Russia’s leading oil and gas higher educational establishments today began to receive applications in Turkmenistan for the 2007-08 academic year. The list of the educational establishments, which was published in newspapers today, includes the Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas; the Ufimsk State Technical University; the Tomsk Polytechnic University; the Tyumen Oil and Gas University; and Almetyevsk State Oil Institute. The entrance tests will be held at the Turkmen Polytechnic Institute.

Issues related to the lack of professional staff in the country’s leading sector and their training in the most prestigious educational establishments have been raised more than once by Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow during government sessions. During meetings with the heads of the largest oil and gas companies, it was obligatory for him to discuss opportunities for national personnel training by them along with proposals on cooperation.

An agreement to train 70 students from Turkmenistan at the Russian universities training specialists in the oil and gas sector was reached during a session of the Turkmen-Russian commission on economic cooperation held in mid July.

Turkmen citizens under 35 years graduated from a secondary or vocational school, who work at oil and gas companies and organizations or those who have recommendations from the companies and organizations, are eligible to enrol. The entrance exams include tests on physics, mathematics and Ruhnama (a book by the first president, Saparmyrat Nyyazow) in Turkmen as well as an interview in Russian.

Editor�s Note: Source: ITAR-TASS news agency, Moscow, in Russian 0939 gmt 16 Jul 07

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