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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 Adds 456 Kindergartens and Quadruples Teacher Pay
Kyrgyzstan expanded preschool infrastructure by 456 kindergartens and raised teacher salaries nearly fourfold between 2021 and 2025, yet only 35% of children aged ...
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: 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: Tens of thousands displaced as Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan conflict rages on
Around 120,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in an area of Kyrgyzstan where fierce fighting is ongoing against forces from neighboring Tajikistan, a senior Kyrgyz government official has ...