This academic year, teachers from Russia will be participating in the "Russian Teacher Abroad" program in 11 cities and towns across Tajikistan. A total of 66 teachers have arrived in the republic, with 10 of them being part of the program for the first time, the representative office of Rossotrudnichestvo in Tajikistan told TASS.
"A total of 66 teachers have arrived in Tajikistan under the "Russian Teacher Abroad" program to work in the 2023-2024 academic year. Ten of them are participating in the project for the first time," stated Liaisan Abdullina, press secretary of the representative office.
She mentioned that the newly arrived teachers, who are in Tajikistan for the first time, will augment the teaching staff in schools located in Khujand, Isfara, and Kanibadam.
According to the spokesperson, these teachers come from 26 different regions of Russia. Among them, the largest group consists of Russian language teachers, totaling 22 individuals, while 12 will be teaching elementary school. Additionally, there are 10 mathematics teachers, nine biology teachers, six chemistry teachers, three physics teachers, two computer science teachers, and one teacher each for history and geography.
The "Russian Teacher Abroad" project aims to enhance the quality of Russian language instruction and general education subjects taught in Russian. This initiative is already operational in countries such as Kyrgyzstan, Vietnam, Mongolia, Serbia, Uzbekistan, Turkey, and Tajikistan. Tajikistan was the first country to receive Russian teachers through this program.
According to Tajikistan's Ministry of Education and Science, there are 60 schools where the primary language of instruction is Russian, along with 178 schools that use both Russian and Tajik languages. Additionally, the country has five joint Russian-Tajik schools where instruction is exclusively in Russian and follows Russian educational standards.
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Based on materials from TASS