DUSHANBE, May 18, 2013, Asia-Plus – The International Presidential School in Dushanbe is not yet a member of the European Council of International Schools (ECIS).
Abdujabbor Aliyev, the head of the department for preschool and school education within the Ministry of Education of Tajikistan, says that to get membership in the European Council of International School the school must have foreign teachers.
“Our teachers now have good command of English. The principal of the International Presidential School recently was in Europe to invite foreign teachers for working with the International Presidential School,” Aliyev said.
Meanwhile according to information posted on ECIS’s websites, the ECIS International Teacher Certificate (ITC) has been developed to offer a high-level continuing professional development opportunity for experienced teachers. The purpose of the ITC is to help teachers to enhance and demonstrate their effectiveness as model internationally-minded teachers. The ITC is designed to equip teachers with the global mind-set necessary for successful teaching in the 21st Century. The ITC is an integrated, standards-based professional development program created by the European Council of International Schools (ECIS) and University of Cambridge International Examinations (CIE). The ITC is a multi-cultural, multi-disciplinary and cutting-edge experience. The ITC can be a catalyst of institutional change for the benefit of both teachers and students in national and international school settings. The ITC certificate is evidence of teachers” commitment to learning-centered teaching, to first-class professional practice in an international context and to continuing professional development. It is an exemplary international qualification for exemplary international teachers.
We will recall that President Emomali Rahmon inaugurated the International Presidential School in Dushanbe on September 1 2012.
Based in Dushanbe’s Kalinin neighborhood, the school is designed to accommodate 600 students from the first to eleventh grades. The school is reportedly provided by textbooks, curriculum and education standards of private schools of Cambridge and Oxford, the United Kingdom.
An annual tuition fee for studying at this school is 3,500 U.S. dollars, but if parents want their children to stay in the school dormitory, the annual tuition is up to 5,000 U.S. dollars.
The Dushanbe-based International School that is financed by Turkey is a member of the European Council of International Schools.
It now houses some 400 pupils, including children of foreign diplomats and foreign citizens living in Dushanbe. An annual tuition fee for studying at this educational institution is some 7,000 U.S. dollars.
This school was founded in 1997 to serve the international community in Dushanbe and the surrounding area. Students are reportedly drawn from families working for both the international and local business communities, including the diplomatic corps and various multi-national government-funded organizations.
The European Council of International Schools – ECIS is an association of international schools founded in 1965. ECIS is a collaborative network promoting the ideals and best practice of international education. ECIS leads in addressing significant current and future educational and global issues in support of its membership in Europe and worldwide. It is registered in the USA and United Kingdom but administered by staff in the United Kingdom.
The primary service of ECIS is professional development for international educators, including conferences, workshops, online learning, the International Teacher Certificate, the Sustainable International School Governance Program, the International Leadership and Management Program and consultancy services.
