New building complex of the Seyitnazar Seydi Pedagogical Institute opens in Lebap region

On 1 September, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov took part via a digital system in the opening of the new building complex of the Seyitnazar Seydi Turkmen State Pedagogical Institute in Turkmenabat city. This was reported in the “Watan” news programme.

At the request of the Honoured Elder of Turkmenistan E. Talipov, the Head of State gave his blessing to the opening ceremony of the institute’s new building complex.

After that, the elders taking part in the ceremony cut the ceremonial ribbon.

Then the Head of State was shown video footage presenting the conditions created at the pedagogical institute.

This modern 5,000-seat educational complex was built by a member of the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Turkmenistan.

The educational institution, covering an area of nearly 26 hectares, includes a 5-storey main building, 8 faculties, 22 departments, an assembly hall, a library building and a 1,000-seat dining hall. Also built here were 6 dormitories with 2,000 places offering every convenience for students, a modern sports building, a football pitch, and volleyball and basketball halls. The library building is designed to hold up to 1 million books and consists of a 700-seat reading room and a 100-seat electronic library. Advanced digital technologies have been introduced in the new building complex, and dozens of laboratory rooms in fields such as chemistry, biology, physics and defectology have been created for students to carry out research work.

Museums of history, archaeology, ethnography, and flora and fauna also operate on the grounds of the complex.

Emphasizing that patriotic and high-spirited young people are the great future of the Motherland, the Head of State expressed firm confidence that the educational institution will make a great contribution to shaping a new generation of accomplished teachers and education workers.