Considering the national sanitary epidemiological situation, the Cabinet of Ministers has signed the decision on organizing the education. It stipulates the following:

1. All educational institutions operating in the Republic of Azerbaijan shall transit to the distant format of educational and training processes starting from the 2nd of November 2020 in the conditions of special quarantine regime.

2. It is defined that the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan shall reserve all rights to adopt a decision on resuming or suspending full time educational and training processes in the educational institutions operating in various administrative territorial entities on the basis of relevant opinions of State Chief Sanitary Doctor of the Republic of Azerbaijan or the Hygiene and Epidemiology Centers of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Azerbaijan in relation to the sanitary and epidemiology status during the period of validity of the present decision.

3. According to Item 2 of the present decision, if the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan passes a decision to resume or suspend full time educational and training processes, other executive power authorities that have educational institutions, State owned educational facilities or legal persons that own the controlling number of shares (stocks) of such institutions, including founders of private educational institutions can adopt relevant decisions in relation to their educational facilities.

4. The Ministry of Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan, other executive power authorities that have educational institutions, State owned educational facilities or legal persons that own the controlling number of shares (stocks) of such institutions, including founders of private educational institutions shall undertake necessary measures for the implementation of the present decision.