Kyrgyzstan News » Batken News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » Education: IDA Helps the Kyrgyz Republic’s Batken Rebuild after Conflict
In September 2022, conflict along the Kyrgyz Republic’s southwestern border caused significant damages to the country’s Batken region. A project supported by the International Development Association ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » Education: Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan Conflict Leaves Children without Education
Kayirgul is a bright 9-year-old elementary school student from Ak-Sai village in southern Kyrgyzstan. Her village was one of the ten impacted during violent clashes on the border between Kyrgyzstan ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » Education: Education Still Vulnerable to Attack in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan
In September 2022, at least 23 schools and kindergartens in southwestern Kyrgyzstan were attacked during a short but violent border conflict between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Some schools were ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » Education: Kyrgyzstan to reform education system
Biškek has announced the activation of a project entitled 'Contemporary Teacher' and implemented in cooperation with the international NGOs of the Teach for All network. The project will start in the ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » Education: Kyrgyz-Tajik Border Agreement Hoped for in ‘Nearest Future’
Kyrgyz and Tajik officials are hopeful of completing border negotiations in the next two to three months. If an agreement is indeed reached, it will signal a major milestone in a long-running border ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » Education: Hope and Fear on the Kyrgyz-Tajik Border
On January 28, the president of Kyrgyzstan, Sadyr Japarov, took questions from reporters on the evolving negotiations delimiting the border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. As a problem that has ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » Education: Kyrgyzstan: US Intends to Construct Military Training Center in Batken
The United States intends to build an anti-terror training center in the southern Kyrgyz province of Batken. The exact location of the facility, which is projected to ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » Education: Kyrgyzstan Says Border With Tajikistan Can Reopen 'Gradually' After Delimitation Work
BATKEN, Kyrgyzstan -- Authorities in Kyrgyzstan’s southern region of Batken say the border with Tajikistan, shut down more than two years ago following a deadly standoff, can "gradually reopen" after ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » Education: Kyrgyzstan’s Batken Region bordering Tajikistan to receive special status
The draft law on the status of the Batken Region says that the local government bodies will be given special powers to coordinate the activity of local institutions and cooperate with the law ...