Maryam Yakubova (educator)

Maryam Yakubova (Uzbek: Maryam Yoqubova) (born Urgench, May 12, 1931) is an Uzbekistani educator of the Soviet era.

Yakuba won top honors for her academic achievements while in secondary school, from which she graduated in 1948.[1]She would go on to graduate with a degree in physics in 1952, whereupon she returned to her native city. There she began working as a teacher of physics, continuing until 1958. In that year she was named the head of the Urgench city department of public education, continuing in the position until 1962, when she became the director of City School No. 94. This post she held until 1992. Under her guidance the school became one of the best-regarded such institutions in the entire country. Yakubova received numerous awards during her career for her services to education. In 1958 she was named an Honored Professor of Public Education in the Uzbek SSR, and in 1978 she was named an Honored Teacher of Uzbekistan.[2] For her accomplishments she also received the Order of Lenin and the Order of the Presidium of the Tajik SSR, among other decorations.[1]

References
  1. htmlcoder.me. "Марямжон Якубованинг расмий сайти". maryamyoqubova.uz. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  2. "Maryam Yoqubova". National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan (in Uzbek). Tashkent: National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan State Scientific Publishing House. 2000–2005.
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