Day: September 1, 2022

A Tajik pianist, composer and conductor 16-year-old Jannat Khuseynzoda became a student at the oldest musical educational institution in Europe. She will hone her professional skills at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, founded in 1832.

“Along with many educational institutions, I also decided to apply to the Royal Conservatory of Brussels by registering for the entrance exams in harmony, rhythm, solfeggio and piano specialty,” says Jannat.

Having successfully passed the exams in the first three musical subjects, she was invited to the entrance exam in the specialty of piano in Brussels, which was held on April 22.

“I want to later become a conductor in Italy. Pesaro is the birthplace of Rossini, and he is my idol in orchestral music,» says Jannat.

«As for pianists, I like the work of Yevgeny Kissin and Martha Argerich, as for conductors — Riccardo Muti. I myself love the works of the Impressionists, although they, in my opinion, are a little deprived of attention. We know more about Mozart than about Ravel.”

According to her, now she has become more interested in Tajik national motives.

«This is not what we listen to now, not shashmak, but rather Tajik classics, a mixture of ethnic music with classical pieces,” she explains.

A young composer, pianist and conductor, a graduate of the Dushanbe College of Arts named after A. Bobokulov, she is the youngest member of the Union of Composers of Tajikistan and actively writes music for chamber and large symphony orchestras.

Source: National information agency of Tajikistan

The Founder of Peace and National Unity, Leader of the Nation, President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon and the Speaker of the National Assembly, Chairman of Dushanbe Rustam Emomali attended the unveiling of a monument to Abu Ali ibn Sino and the new building of the Tajik State Medical University named after Abu Ali ibn Sino.

He also addressed on the Day of Knowledge, so-called Peace Lesson at the Tajik State Medical University named after Sino.

The new buildings of the university consists of 62 spacious auditoriums, a computer class for 80 seats, 90 study rooms, 26 auxiliary points, two lecture halls with 500 seats, two conference rooms with 50 seats, and four laboratories.

The building also features a conference hall with 1,600 seats.

For 83 years, the university has trained specialists for healthcare institutions of the country and is considered the main educational, scientific and methodological base of the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the population.

Since its founding, the university has educated and trained more than 46,000 students, of which 1,500 are foreign citizens from 36 countries. Every year, the number of foreign citizens who wish to study at this university is increasing. In 2021-2022 almost 2,000 foreign citizens from 20 countries studied at the university.

President Rahmon started his speech with a focus on peace and emphasized that the beginning of the new academic year with the lesson of peace has a special reason and importance for Tajiks. The noble people of Tajikistan value peace and tranquility, political stability and national unity. He remarked that during the 31 years of independence, 32 higher education institutions, 41 institutions of primary and secondary vocational education and 3,246 schools, including 156 gymnasiums, lyceums, international schools, 300 preschools, as well as 2,723 health care facilities have been build in Tajikistan.

Only in 2021 and the first six months of this year, 247 secondary educational institutions for more than 110,000 students were opened.

Today, on September 1, almost 2,300,000 children, including over 1,110,000 girls, started studying in educational institutions, 272,000 of them going to school for the first time. They are taught by more than 128,000 teachers, 72% of whom are women.

He expressed satisfaction that the Tajik people have made these achievements due to independence, freedom and dedicated work of the people.

He also noted that in 2022, 6.3 billion somoni has been allocated toward education, which is 706 million somoni or 11.3% more compared to 2021, and is 19% of the total amount of the state budget expenditure.

The government is periodically increasing funding to ensure the smooth development of the health sector. For example, in 2019 the budget of the healthcare sector was 1.7 billion somoni. This number has increased to 2.8 billion somoni in 2022, which is 66% more compared to 2019. At the end of his speech, President Rahmon proposed to establish the Institute of Basic Medicine for carrying out high-level virological, genetic, immunological, and microbiological analysis.

Source: National information agency of Tajikistan

Today, the new 2022-2023 academic year began in Tajikistan and long with other educational institutions, the Dushanbe International School celebrated Knowledge Day.

According to its Director Yunus Emre, this year 72 children came enrolled in first grade.

“For this group of children who are attending school for the first time, we are providing all the conditions for their adaptation, that is, a separate corridor and special infrastructure. A special educational plan has been prepared for them according to which, along with studying, they are also engaged in practice,” he said.

This school employs experienced local and foreign teachers.

According to Emre, almost 430 students are enrolled in the school.

“The Dushanbe International School is the first international school in Tajikistan with Cambridge accreditation. Our school is a member of international institutions and the University of Cambridge, so our founder tries to make it equal to other international institutions abroad. We plan to send our students abroad to exchange experiences and learn foreign languages. There are training centers in our institution, the quality of which will continue to improve,” said Emre.

Source: National information agency of Tajikistan

Greetings, Mr Putin.

Dear education workers and schoolchildren,

I am sincerely happy to attend today’s opening ceremony of new educational institutions together with President of Russia Vladimir Putin.

I remember 2019, when the President of Russia and I launched this project to build five schools with Russian as the language of instruction in the cities of Khujand, Tursunzoda, Kulob, Bokhtar, and in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan.

I am happy that we have managed to fully implement it in a relatively short period of time, and now the younger generation has additional opportunities to get an education in new schools that have the latest in education technologies and equipment.

On behalf of the Government of Tajikistan and myself, I would like to thank the Government of the Russian Federation and you personally, Mr President, for your support and comprehensive assistance during the high-quality construction work and for opening the new educational institutions on time.

It is symbolic that they are opening their doors for teachers and schoolchildren this year, during the anniversary of diplomatic ties between our states. Over the last three decades, Tajikistan and Russia have achieved significant results in developing and strengthening our relations of strategic partnership, which encompasses almost all key spheres of cooperation today.

The consistent build-up of humanitarian ties, including in the areas of education, science and culture, has a special place on the bilateral agenda. Further expansion of cultural and humanitarian cooperation is a constant priority for discussion during regular meetings and contacts at the highest level.

Over this period, we have developed the necessary legislative base for education and research cooperation in our relations. More than 200 documents on bilateral cooperation have been signed between governments, relevant departments and universities of the two countries. They serve as a solid foundation for the further development of cooperation in education and science. A good foundation has been laid for comprehensive cooperation between the two countries’ research centres and universities.

Tajikistan and Russia’s cooperation includes many topical scientific and practical areas in the natural and hard sciences, mathematics and social science, as well as innovative technologies.

Our efforts to expand opportunities for receiving secondary and higher education in Russian are yielding the desired results. Today there are 39 schools in Tajikistan with Russian as the language of instruction, with about 27,000 students. There are also more than 160 mixed Tajik-Russian schools with about 70,000 pupils.

At the same time, in accordance with state standards, teaching of the Russian language is obligatory in the curriculum, and starting from second grade, it is studied in all general education schools – about 4,000 of them.

Today Russian teachers teach Tajik children in our educational institutions as part of a separate social project.

In this context, providing our schools with textbooks and manuals is still a topical issue. Russian-Tajik (Slavonic) University operates productively in Dushanbe, under the auspices of the two countries. In addition, branches of such prestigious Russian universities as Moscow State University, Moscow Power Engineering Institute and MISiS [National University of Science and Technology] are successfully operating in Tajikistan.

In general, considering students of RTSU and the branches of Russian universities I have mentioned, the number of Tajik young people getting a Russian education is more than 30,000, and about 25,000 citizens of Tajikistan are currently studying in over 700 universities in Russia.

Graduates of Russian universities are in high demand in various sectors of the national economy. They are the reason for the constantly growing pool of qualified applicants for jobs in the civil service, diplomacy, science and education, as well as culture and the arts.

We are interested in further expanding cooperation in the sphere of higher education. We welcome the opening of new branches of Russian universities in Tajikistan, which could train specialists in fields that are vital for our country’s development.

We are grateful to the Russian side for annually giving us an education quota in a wide range of disciplines that are in demand in our country.

Today the quota has reached 750, and the President Mr. Putin and I have agreed that it will be increased up to 1,000.

As we consistently implement the government’s language policy, we are careful to take an integrated approach to the development of the Russian language along with the state language. And this is no accident. As you know, according to the Tajikistani Constitution, Russian has the status of a language of interethnic communication.

Two years ago, the CIS Heads of State Council decided to declare 2023 the Year of the Russian Language. In this connection, we agreed to take additional measures to support and develop Russian in the Commonwealth countries, including Tajikistan.

In general, I would like to emphasise that Tajikistan is interested in further developing the full range of cultural contacts with Russia. In this context, the Government of Tajikistan is committed to adopting the necessary measures to expand cooperation between the educational, scientific and research institutions of the two countries, including in the sphere of training scientists and teachers.

Mr Putin,

Assembled guests,

In conclusion, I would like to express my gratitude to the builders and everyone who worked hard to make this project to build schools in Dushanbe, Khujand, Tursunzoda, Kulob, and Bokhtar a reality.

I would like to extend my best wishes to representatives of one of the most noble professions – our teachers, who begin their work in these educational institutions today. I believe that the knowledge gained by schoolchildren within these walls will help turn them into creators, who will ensure the sustainable development and prosperity of the country.

Best wishes also to our schoolchildren, who begin their studies in these institutions.

I am sure that both parents and children are very happy to get such a gift on Knowledge Day, which is celebrated today everywhere in Tajikistan.

I would also like to wish success and all the best to everyone involved in today’s important event.

Thank you for your attention.

Source: National information agency of Tajikistan

We found out what the weather will be like in the country in the first week of autumn.

It will be hot again in the republic in the first days of autumn, almost like at the beginning of summer.

According to the website of the Agency for Hydrometeorology of the Committee for Environmental Protection under the Government, the thermometer in the first ten days of September in cities and regions of the country will rise to 40 degrees.

It will be especially hot in the south, in the Khatlon region, where in the first week of September it will be from 36 to 40 degrees Celsius.

In the north of Tajikistan, the temperature will warm up to 37 degrees, and in the regions of republican subordination - up to 38.

In Dushanbe during this period there will be from 36 to 38 degrees Celsius. Today, September 1, it will be 36 degrees in the capital.

It will be cooler in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region - a maximum of 31 degrees above zero.

Precipitation in the first week of September is not expected in the country.

Source: Asia-Plus