Sunday has been declared the first day of the school year

The Ministry of Education has announced Sunday, September 1, as the first day of the school year in all educational institutions across the country.

The head of the press center of the Ministry of Education and Science informed state media that on the first day of the school year, all educational institutions will hold a “Lesson of Peace.”

Traditionally, every year on September 1, the country’s president Emomali Rahmon conducts the Lesson of Peace. Likely to maintain this tradition, the authorities have declared September 1 as the first day of the school year this year, even though it falls on a Sunday.

On this day, Rahmon traditionally talks about the years of civil war, the unsuitable conditions for studying at that time, and compares today’s statistics with data from the late twentieth century.

However, he does not address the numerous problems in the education sector, including bribery and corruption, nepotism and favoritism, and the shortage of specialists due to low salaries, etc.