The State Examination Center will hold an aptitude test on August 19 for applicants seeking admission to the bachelor's degree in journalism at higher education institutions
According to the Ministry of Education, the exam will be open to applicants who have registered for the journalism specialty by filling out an online application form and passed the test exam for specialty group III.
760 entrants are expected to take part in the exam.
The exam will be held in Baku and in the cities of Nakhchivan, Ganja, Lankaran, Sheki, Barda, Goychay, Shirvan and Khachmaz, where the regional branches of the Ministry of Education are located.
Applicants who will take the exam print out the "Exam Admission Form" from the MFA website. The graduation list indicates the city (district) where the exam will be held, the building, the hall, the start time and the time of the entrant's arrival at the exam building. In addition to the transcript, applicants are provided with an extract from the "Memory Book". Here, applicants are provided with important recommendations on the examination process, the rules they must follow and other necessary information.
The exam starts at 10:00 and will last 2 hours and 30 minutes.
15 minutes before the start of the exams - at 09:45 the graduation mode ends. After that, the participants are not allowed in the exam building.
In order to prevent crowds and contact, different entrance times were set for the exam participants in the exam building, and this time was indicated in the exam participant's graduation certificate. Therefore, it is recommended to come to the examination hall at the time indicated in the admission form.
Participants must come to the exam with a medical mask and use them properly (covering the nose, mouth and chin). It is forbidden to remove the mask and must be used throughout the process (graduation mode, exam period, leaving the exam building).
Applicants must bring the following documents to the exam:
- Admission to the exam;
- Health declaration (you print and sign it together with the certificate).
Both documents must be printed on a separate sheet, as the admission form is kept by the student and the health declaration is handed over to the examination supervisor);
- Original identity document:
a) ID cards of citizens of the Republic of Azerbaijan (including participants under the age of 16);
b) permits issued by the State Migration Service to foreigners and stateless persons, and refugee cards issued to foreign citizens and their family members who have received refugee status;
- Participants who do not have a photo on their ID card, along with other documents, a certificate issued by the educational institution and pasted photos (a 3x4cm photo of the participant is attached to the certificate and the photo is stamped).
Information about the content of the exam:
Topics in the aptitude test will be selected with the participation of the Press Council and media representatives a few minutes before the start of the exam and will be delivered to the exam centers via video link. Applicants will write an essay on one of the submitted topics. Writing must be done in Azerbaijani or Russian, depending on the section in which the applicant takes the exam.
An essay is an independent, creative piece of writing in which the applicant substantiates his or her point of view on a chosen topic. Applicants are offered free topics related to socio-political, economic, cultural life, as well as the ability to make independent judgments and justifications about our country, prominent personalities, education, environment, morality, as well as global issues of concern to all mankind.
When writing an essay, the applicant:
write neatly, legibly and clearly;
express their views clearly and competently;
reveal and fully cover the essence of the topic;
create a logical connection between the components of the article (introduction, main part and conclusion), distinguish between paragraphs and express their ideas in a logical sequence;
demonstrate good knowledge of socio-political problems;
demonstrate the ability to analyze, generalize and draw logical conclusions from socio-political problems;
to express his / her thoughts and ideas in a clear, logical, coherent and clear manner, in accordance with the norms of literary language, including grammar, spelling, punctuation, a few (3 or more) relevant citations, quotations to substantiate their opinions and judgments , use examples and facts (historical events, art pieces, life events, etc.).
When evaluating a written work, the content of the essay, writing literacy and the following criteria are taken into account:
The essay should be 2–4 pages (at least 2 pages or 420 words).
comprehension of a given topic, matter on the topic
l, to have information about the main facts and events;
the applicant's original approach to the topic, the ability to express their views in a reasoned manner, the level of coverage of the topic, the clear and understandable expression of ideas;
logical and substantiated conclusions;
originality of writing style, richness of language, imagery and fluency, level of literacy;
Writing the work in full compliance with the phonetic (spelling and punctuation), grammatical and lexical norms of the literary language.
The written work is evaluated as "acceptable" or "unacceptable" taking into account the above criteria.
“Unacceptable” grade indicates that the topic is poorly covered or not covered at all, reveals that the applicant knows or does not know the topic superficially, is written on another topic, the logical connection between parts of the text is broken, the applicant writes any information about himself or introduces himself It is given to articles with 8 or more phonetic, grammatical and lexical errors.
It is forbidden for entrants to write any information about themselves (name, surname, patronymic, grandfather's name, school name, teacher's name, place of residence, etc.) or to make any mark in order to introduce themselves. The written works of the entrants who have allowed such a situation are evaluated with "zero" points. Essays written on a topic other than the one chosen, as well as less than 1 page (190 words), are rated "zero".
Note that examples of essay topics are posted on the MFA website (Bachelor> Beneficial).