Central Asia
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Kyrgyzstan ends Uzbek-language graduation exams
Starting this year, ethnic Uzbek high school students in Kyrgyzstan will no longer be able to take final exams in their native language.
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Kazakhstan: Education reform shelved due to economic downturn
Astana’s ambitious plan to add a year to its school curriculum has been postponed indefinitely as lower oil prices and the recession in neighboring Russia batter Kazakhstan’s economy.
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Tajikistan: Is threat to close Turkish schools linked to extradition attempt?
A network of respected schools in Tajikistan could face closure in a convoluted case that could be linked to the government’s attempts to lay hands on a vocal critic abroad,EurasiaNet.org reports.
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Five issues that matter to Kyrgyzstan’s Girl-Activists
Kyrgyzstan’s devochki-activistki (girl-activists) are girls aged between 13 and 17-years-old fighting for equality, justice and diversity in a challenging environment for girls’ rights.
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Kyrgyzstan seeks a new scientific method
Proposals call for a radical shakeup of a withering science establishment.
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Kyrgyzstan’s Russian-language teaching getting squeezed out
In November, a Kyrgyz news agency posted a news story in Russian about the falling number of Russian-speaking schoolteachers in Osh, Kyrgyzstan’s second-largest city.
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Estonian television raises red flags over Russia-sponsored youth camp
Ethnic Russian teenagers from Estonia are being militarized at youth camps organized in conjunction with Russian federal agencies, according to Estonian public broadcaster ERR.
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Uzbekistan: Forced to labor in cotton fields, students rebel
Uzbekistan’s practice of sending forced laborers to pick the cotton harvest causes a furor abroad every year.
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Kyrgyzstani lawmakers demand action on underpaid teachers
Kyrgyzstan is facing a shortage of teachers, as fewer graduates are willing to endure rock-bottom pay and poor teaching conditions, EurasiaNet.org reports.
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The Kyrgyzstan preschool lottery
A serious shortage of kindergartens has driven the few who can afford it into private schools of debatable quality. First in an occasional series.
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