Because of the unusual cold this winter the winter holidays of students were prolonged by teachers. (rus) They realized that it is impossible to have classes in the freezing rooms. However there was no permission from the Ministry of Education and it means that teachers had no right to cancel classes on 11th of […]

A group of Kyrgyz of the Murgab region in Gorno-Badakhshan are striving to acquire Tajik at the UCA School of Professional and Continuing Education. ‘Pamir Media’ reports that more than 30 people from Murgab have moved to the second level of the Tajik language course. It is reported that the […]

Experts say that the last visit of president of Tajikistan to Iran gave a new impulse to Iranian-Tajik relations. However not many of them understand, why has Iran accelerated its economic cooperation with Tajikistan in recent years, if it did not pay much attention to its sister-country fifteen years after it got independence.
The two […]

While the officials report that the economy of the country is developing at a fast pace and soon, about 5 years from now we are going to have a totally different country, the ordinary population is suffering of malnutrition. I’ve read an article where an eleven years old boy from Vahdat district, 27 km […]

Yesterday, I’ve posted Vitaly Mantrov’s article on the Russian-language Tajik blog about criminalization of Tajik society and the replacement of old generation of criminals by younger generation. Here is the translation of that article.
Vitaly argues that the crime in Central Asia, including Tajikistan, is “rejuvenating”. The old generation of criminals (Old Gangsters) have […]

Recently, Rahmon has raised the issue of cotton-pickers in Tajikistan. The main point of his article is that the cotton-pickers in Tajikistan are more like slaves than farmers. He is using in his article the Russian word “hlopkorab” instead of “hlopkorob” to describe the cotton-pickers. The official name of cotton-pickers in Russian is “hlopkorob” […]

Education is particularly one of the most important parts of our life because it effects all aspects of our life and it is an important factor for a country’s sustainable development. The government has a crucial role in development of education. The other important actors in the process of development are international institutions, which […]

According to this post, a number of Tajik educators arrived in the US for an eight-day study tour at the Center for Economic Education at Fort Hays State University. The aim of the program is to show how economic education is delivered in the US.
Mahbouba Avezova, executive director of the Foundations […]

Tajikistan’s secondary school system will be placing an increased emphasis on Islam, as per a new government initiative.
The move pleases Islamic parties in the country, which unlike those in other countries in Central Asia, are allowed to participate in the government.
“It is a positive and necessary step,” said Mohidin Kabiri, the deputy […]