News From Tajikistan
A large fire broke out in Boom gorge. Eyewitness reported to 24.kg news agency.
«The fire occurred at the exit from the gorge near Kok-Moinok, the fire spread to residential buildings. Firefighters say that the fire broke out because of a freight train, allegedly it was caused by sparks from the wheels. But, apparently, this is arson, not an accident,» the eyewitness said.
Source: 24.kg News Agency
Saturday, March 25, will be a working day in Kyrgyzstan.
According to the decree of the Cabinet of Ministers on transfer of days off in 2023, Kyrgyzstanis had long New Year holidays, and working days were postponed.
Citizens will have to work for January 6.
It should be noted that the document applies to employees of state and municipal organizations, institutions and enterprises financed from the state budget, working according to a five-day work week schedule.
Source: 24.kg News Agency
Nurlan Sadykov, General Director of Chakan HPP OJSC, and Zheng Hansong, Vice President of China National Heavy Machinery Corporation, signed a contract for the construction of Orto-Tokoi small hydropower plant (HPP). The Ministry of Energy reported.
Construction of the small hydroelectric power plant with three hydroelectric units with a total capacity of 21 megawatts will make it possible to rationally use the country’s water resources. The station will be built on the pool of the reservoir with the same name.
«The Orto-Tokoi reservoir is the first reservoir in Kyrgyzstan, which is intended for seasonal regulation of the flow of Chu river and irrigation of 120,000 hectares of land. Work of Orto-Tokoi HPP will be regulated in accordance with the irrigation regime of the reservoir,» the Ministry of Energy said.
Source: 24.kg News Agency
Ambassador of Kyrgyzstan to France Sadyk Sher-Niyaz met with Director of the Department of Culture, Education and International Development of the Foreign Ministry of France Marianne Kerr. Press service of the Foreign Affairs Ministry of the Kyrgyz Republic reported.
According to it, Sadyk Sher-Niyaz noted the start of the work of the Institute of Franco-German Culture in Bishkek and thanked the French side for the decision to establish it. He also proposed to allocate quotas for students from Kyrgyzstan to study at French universities and for French teachers in general education schools in Kyrgyzstan.
The parties also exchanged views on cooperation in the cultural sphere. The Ambassador took the initiative to consider holding a week of Kyrgyz cinema in France, and also, taking into account the experience and achievements of France in the development of culture, it was proposed to organize work to improve the skills of museum workers of Kyrgyzstan in France.
The French side approved the proposal to organize courses for museum workers and additionally confirmed their readiness to send French specialists to train French teachers in Kyrgyzstan, and also informed about the possibility of providing scholarships for students from the Kyrgyz Republic in the amount of 10 places.
Source: 24.kg News Agency
It is necessary to open training centers for IT specialists in the cities of the regions, which should train more than 2,000 people annually. The Minister of Education and Science of Kyrgyzstan Kanybek Imanaliev said at the Central Asian IT Forum (IT Business Forum, Central Asian Tech Awards 2023) in Bishkek.
He noted that the world is developing dynamically, the era of digital technologies and artificial intelligence has come.
«Kyrgyzstan has no access to the sea, but digital technologies open up new and great opportunities for us. We, the Kyrgyz, like the first nomads, quickly adapted and became digital nomads. We need to create opportunities for learning in this area, starting with kindergarten. Schools should have modeling and programming lessons,» the official said.
He stressed that it was planned to open an IT academy under the president at the premises of professional lyceum No. 99, and graduates of IT courses should be able to develop software products and web applications to promote e-business.
Each IT specialist brings $30,000-40,000 into the country, and this gives $400 million a year for GDP growth.
Kanybek Imanaliev
«Our goal is at least 10,000 IT professionals who will work around the world,» he added.
According to the minister, the National Olympiad in Robotics and Automation should be held annually.
The IT forum is attended by representatives of Amazon, the University of Washington, delegations from Japan and Korea, who are interested in cooperation with IT companies and universities that have information technology departments. The agenda of the event includes an analysis of startups for entering international markets, consulting sessions on them, creation of an alliance of educational institutions to interact with partners from Germany, Korea, the USA and Japan, and the presentation of Tech Awards for achievements in the field of IT.
Source: 24.kg News Agency