On June 13, 2018, Aytan Rashidli, a graduate student of the School of Education majoring in Pedagogy (History and Theory of Pedagogy) defended a thesis with a topic “Analysis of the literary texts in the IX grade Azerbaijani language textbook (as a state language) in terms of critical thinking”.

Defence Commission was chaired by Prof. Pirali Aliyev. The defence was attended by Assoc. Prof. Elza Samadova, research supervisor of the graduate student, as well as Assoc.Prof. Irada Khalilova, Assoc.Prof. Dilbar Zeynalova and some other Faculty staff members. Upon the defence of the thesis, Aytan Rashidli answered questions and discussions were held. Taking the relevance and quality of the thesis into consideration, a Master’s degree was conferred on Aytan Rashidli.