Since January 2012, the study of cadets of the higher military school began in the updated ultra-modern university campus, equipped with the most advanced educational systems and specialized military training. In 2014, it was named after Berdimuhamed Annaev, the grandfather of President
Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow and veteran of the
Red Army during the
Second World War. Students are admitted with full consent of parents, with young men who choose the profession of a military entering after the 7th grade as they continue to receive secondary education along with drill, military and humanitarian training. 200 future soldiers begin studying the basics of military affairs at the school. In addition, during the training, young officers master civil professions, which can be useful in civilian careers. In 2018, the school took part in the posthumous awarding of Annayev with the Russian
Order of Honour. The school's corps of drums are the first unit to march on the central square during the annual
Turkmen Independence Day Parade. In 2020, during the first Turkmen
Victory Parade at the
Halk Hakydasy Memorial Complex, the students of the school wore the traditional uniforms of the
Suvorov Military Schools, which were the first military boarding schools to be founded in the
Soviet Union. A couple days after the parade, Berdimuhamedow personally went to the school to express his appreciation to the cadets as well as hand over documents about his father to the school staff for educational purposes. In August 2021, a flight uniform worn by Berdimuhamedow in
Balkan was transferred to the museum of the school. == Center for Innovative Technologies and Education ==