The rector of the Rasht Pedagogical Institute has been accused of “racketeering”

The report that dozens of teachers from the Pedagogical Institute of the Rasht District were forcibly evicted from their dormitory sparked a heated discussion on social media.

On November 30, the Tajik weekly “Payk” reported that on the morning of November 29, 2023, around 8:00 AM, the rector of the State Pedagogical Institute of Tajikistan in the Rasht District, Rajabzoda Mahmadyor Nosir, along with his deputies and security staff, visited the dormitory and “evicted” 23 individuals from it.

According to the publication, dozens of students witnessed the actions of the rector, his deputies, and the security personnel of the State Pedagogical Institute of Tajikistan in the Rasht District as they evicted the teachers from the dormitory, and for this reason, “23 teachers of the institute simultaneously want to resign.”

On the other hand, the administration of the State Pedagogical Institute of Tajikistan in the Rasht District confirmed the eviction of 23 teachers from the dormitory on its Facebook page confirmed. It was reported that “one group of them were residents of the Rasht District, while another group was from the Tajikabad and Lakhsh districts.”

In this statement, signed by the rector of the Pedagogical Institute of Tajikistan in the Rasht District, it is emphasized that “there are no legal formalities (contracts) between the institute’s administration and the teachers” and “the teachers themselves knew that their stay in the student dormitory was temporary, and this is merely another gesture of care from the institute’s administration.”

The rector of the Pedagogical Institute of Tajikistan in the Rasht District also accused the teachers of violating living standards.

“The condition of the premises where the teachers lived did not meet sanitary standards, and despite constant reminders from the institute’s administration, the situation was not corrected,” the rectorate’s statement noted.

The branch of the Pedagogical University of Tajikistan in the Rasht District was established in 2006. In 2008, this branch was renamed the State Pedagogical Institute of Tajikistan in the Rasht District. The institute has 4 faculties and 13 departments. Currently, more than 3,500 students are enrolled at the institute.