The final national stage of two professional competitions among nurses and cooks of preschool institutions of the country was held at the Ashgabat Specialized Kindergarten No. 127. The competitions were organized by the Ministry of Education jointly with the National Center of Trade Unions of Turkmenistan.

The competitions included 3 stages: etrap, velayat, national (final), as reported in the newspaper "Neutral Turkmenistan".

In the competition of nurses, the Grand Prix was received by Zubeida Kurambaeva, a nurse of kindergarten-nursery No. 12 of the city of Ashgabat.

1st place - Ayjemal Ravshenova, a nurse of kindergarten of the 1st educational and training complex of the city of Arkadag;
2nd place - Mekhridjemal Begelekova, a nurse of kindergarten-nursery No. 38 of the city of Dashoguz;
3rd place - Lachin Makirova, specialist of kindergarten-nursery No. 15 of Ak Bugday etrap of Ahal velayat.
In the competition of cooks, the Grand Prix was awarded to the cook of kindergarten-nursery No. 5 of Gokdepe etrap of Ahal velayat Altyn Jummiyeva.

1st place - Uzukjemal Durdyeva, kindergarten-nursery No. 99 of Ashgabat;
2nd place - Gulchemen Dallayeva, 1st educational and training complex of Arkadag city;
3rd place - Khatija Cholieva, cook of kindergarten-nursery No. 24 of Dyanevsky etrap of Lebap velayat.
All participants of the competitions were awarded diplomas of the Ministry of Education corresponding to the degrees of their victories, as well as valuable prizes from the National Center of Trade Unions of Turkmenistan.