About Kamal School
We opened in 2007 with 140 pupils. Today the school has 612 pupils and 68 teachers, and graduates leave with the state school-leaving certificate.
The school today
- Pupils
- 612: 371 in the Azerbaijani section, 241 in the Russian section
- Classes
- 33 classes and 3 preparatory groups, 18 pupils per class on average
- Teachers
- 68, nine of them teachers of English
- Languages
- Azerbaijani and Russian; each year group has two Azerbaijani classes and one Russian class
Licence and certificate
The school operates under licence No. 0418, issued by the Ministry of Science and Education of Azerbaijan on 14 August 2019. You can see a copy at the admissions office.
We teach the state curriculum. At the end of grades 9 and 11 pupils sit the state final exams and receive the state school-leaving certificate, which is accepted by universities in Azerbaijan and abroad.
History
- 2007The school opens in Yasamal with grades 1–8: 140 pupils, 16 teachers, Azerbaijani section only.
- 2010The first graduating class: 14 students, all of whom go on to university.
- 2012The Russian section opens, at first in grades 1–4.
- 2015Sabina Gasimova becomes principal. English goes up to five hours a week in every grade.
- 2016The preparatory class opens for children aged 5–6.
- 2019The licence is renewed and a separate wing for the primary grades comes into use.
- 2021The main building is renovated: three labs, a new library and a sports hall.
- 2026The dining hall is extended to 180 seats. The 49 graduates average 536 in the entrance exam.
From the principal
I joined Kamal in 2009 as a physics teacher and have been principal since 2015. At a first meeting parents usually ask the same thing: what will my child get here that another school does not give? My answer is simple: more time. With 20 in a class, a teacher can look at every child’s exercise book every day.
Our programme is the state programme. The difference is in the hours: five a week for English, and six extra hours for profile subjects in the senior grades. We do this so that families don’t have to spend money and evenings on tutors.
If you have a question or a worry, write to the form tutor, who will answer the same day. If you would like to see me, I am in my office on Wednesdays from 16:00 to 18:00; the admissions office will book a time.
Sabina GasimovaPrincipal
Leadership
All teachersSabina GasimovaPrincipalMSc in physics, 1996; principal since 2015At Kamal since 2009 
Farid KarimovDeputy principal, maths (10–11)Applied mathematics, 1999At Kamal since 2011 
Gulnara MammadovaHead of primary, class teacher of 4aPrimary education, 1988At Kamal since 2007 
Natalya HuseynovaHead of the Russian section, Russian and literature (5–11)Russian philology, 2001At Kamal since 2012 
Lala MirzayevaHead of admissionsEducation management, 2010At Kamal since 2016
Come and see the school for yourself
A tour takes 40 minutes: classrooms, labs, the library and the dining hall. Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:00, 11:30 and 15:30, Saturdays at 11:00.