Education
Summer Camp, Tajik Style
Mehrangiz Tursunzoda reports on provision for schoolchildren over the summer months.
Inclusive Schools Still Exception for Tajik Disabled
A handful of kindergartens are geared towards bringing disabled children into the mainstream, but most schools remain unequipped to cope with special needs.
Tajiks Approve Costly School Reforms
Parliament has changed the law to make it mandatory for children to spend ten years at school instead of nine, the current minimum.
Glimmer of Hope for Gypsy Education?
Officials in Balkh say they’re considering provision of schooling for Afghan Jogi, but community remains distrustful of the authorities.
Tajik Legislators Go Green
A new parliamentary commission for the environment has been generally welcomed, although it has also raised a few eyebrows.
Central Asia: Calls for Equal Access to Schooling
Mehrangiz Tursunzoda reports from an IWPR debate on access to education across Central Asia.
Tajik Schools Short of Teachers, Money
Secondary schools are failing their pupils because of chronic underfunding, Davlatsho Shoetiborov reports from Dushanbe.
Central Asia: Feb/Mar ‘10
Education proposals aired at IWPR events to be incorporated into parliamentary report.