Tajik parliament expected to ratify agreement with Russia on construction of five Russian-language schools in Tajikistan today

A government-to-government agreement between Tajikistan and Russia on construction of five Russian-language schools in the cities of Bokhtar, Dushanbe, Khujnad, Kulob and Tursunzoda has been tabled to an agenda of a regular sitting of the Majlisi Namoyandagon that is being held in Dushanbe today.

A source within the Majlisi Namoyandagon says the agreement provides for phased construction of Russian-language schools in the mentioned cities and equipping of them.  Each of these schools will accommodate up to 1,200 pupils.  

The construction of the schools will be financed by the Russian government.  Russia will provide six billion rubles for construction of these schools.  

The agreement on construction of five Russian-language schools in Tajikistan was signed in Moscow in April last year during Tajik president’s official visit to Russia.   

Recall, Russia at the start of the academic year 2018-2019 sent 30 teachers to secondary schools in Tajikistan.  Teachers from the Russian regions of Kostroma, Kemerovo, Bashkortostan, Dagestan, and Tatarstan arrived in Tajikistan to teach subjects such as mathematics, physics, biology, chemistry, computer science, Russian, and others at secondary schools where teaching is conducted in Russian.

The education sector in Tajikistan has been in decline after collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 and many Tajik nationals described the effort to bring over Russian teachers as a much-needed remedy.