"İstək” lyceum is an education brand uniting state education standards, international education programs and national values. The lyceum has 11 campuses located in Baku, Sumgait, Agdash, Shirvan, Lankaran, Guba, Mingechaur and Ganja. Teaching system of the lyceum is based on over 20 years of professional experience in pedagogy. The teaching process provides individual approach to each student, enabling an environment for using his or her full potential. The lessons are taught by teachers holding international training certificates received in Azerbaijan, US, UK, Russia Turkey and other countries. The lyceum is a candidate school for IB DP, as well as a certified SAT exam center, official "Cambridge International School" and "Cambridge English Language Assessment Authorised Centre". The lyceum applies AP in the course of teaching process. Pedagogical practice, social activities and family-school interaction provide children with opportunity to grow up in a healthy and intelligent environment. The lyceum has biology, chemistry, physics, computer laboratories and modern classrooms, which support the school-kids in transforming their knowledge into practical skills. Achievements: • In 2014-2016 the lyceum students received 52 medals from the international discipline and project Olympiads and 44 medals from the countrywide discipline and project Olympiads. • In the end of 2014-2015 school year the Ministry of Education awarded 9 graduates who have completed the general secondary education with distinct achievements with golden and silver medals. • 98% of lyceum graduates in 2015 became university students: of which 70% study locally and 30% at the universities like “King’s College of London”, “University of Toronto”, “University of Waterloo”, “The University of Manchester”, "International University in Geneva", “Nanyang Technological University”.