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Turkmen schoolchildren won a prize in the Google competition.
16 Oct. 09:20Ashgabat schoolchildren Begench Annaorazov, Aykhan Bayramov, and Salykh Annanepesov took second place in the Firebase Studio Championship Central Asia 2025 competition.
All 12th-grade students from Specialized Secondary School No. 97.
The students presented a project called TerraVibe and placed among the top ten teams. In the finals, they took a respectable second place and were awarded special certificates of honor and cash prizes from Google.
To participate in the competition, the teams had to develop an innovative project using Firebase Studio and Gemini API technologies. Specifically, the task was to create a mobile app powered by artificial intelligence.
The TerraVibe app, developed by the participants from Turkmenistan, uses a camera to analyze the condition of a plant and, using AI, to identify damaged or defective areas from an image.
The students noted that they consulted with teachers from the computer department of the Kämil Bilim Erjeller educational center when developing the project.
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24 Aug. 18:38Turkmenistan has officially concluded its admission campaign for higher and secondary vocational educational institutions for the 2026–2027 academic year. Held between July 13 and August 24, 2026, the examination process was conducted under state commission oversight and public supervision. Notably, entrance exams at the S.A. Niyazov Turkmen Agricultural University and the International University of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs were administered using a standardized testing format.
Following the examination results, over 18,000 applicants were admitted to higher education institutions. Under the newly implemented "Strategy for the Development of Higher Professional Education in Turkmenistan for 2026–2052," several new academic tracks were established across specialist, bachelor's, and master's degree levels, aligning with the "Atlas of Future Professions." Priority admission status was granted to international competition winners, top athletes, and high school medalists.
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