Traditionally, the people of Azerbaijan have been education-oriented. Although during the Soviet period a high level of education was reached in Azerbaijan, collapse of the Soviet system and rapidly changing environment required right approaches and well-prepared strategies for development of education at all levels - preschool, primary school, secondary school, vocational and two-year technical colleges as well as full undergraduate and graduate studies.

Organic unity of academic knowledge, professional training and practice is the fundament of all programs concerning preparation of teachers, educators, scholars and administrators. Accordingly, the main objective of the School of Education are to conduct research in various field of Education, to develop educational policy and strategy, and to nurture future schoolteachers with a breadth of knowledge in education, humanities, and sciences and equipped with advanced skills and modern teaching methods. Special attention is given to transferring such skills and knowledge that would enable the students to creatively combine national values and traditions with universal values and norms in their future teaching, research and human development activities.