DUSHANBE
, April 28, Asia-Plus – At present more than 2,300 foreign students are studying at higher educational institutions in
Tajikistan
.
Muhammad Malikov, head of the international ties department of the Education Ministry, has told
Asia
-Plus the foreign students studying in
Tajikistan
are citizens of 23 foreign countries, including the CIS states.
On Tajik students studying abroad, Tajik education official said that more than 1,000 people had been sent for studying to other countries for the period from 1994 to 2000.
“Approximately the same number of Tajik students are currently studying at higher educational institutions abroad,” said Malikov, “416 Tajik students are studying at higher educational institutions in
Turkey
and 407 others are studying in the
Russian Federation
.” According to him, 52 Tajik students are studying in
Iran
, 44 – in
China
, 22 – in
Egypt
, 5 students – in
Germany
, etc.
“It is to be noted that students sent for studying under grants of foreign organizations or by invitation of foreign higher educational institutions have not been entered to this list,” Muhammad Malikov stressed.
