DUSHANBE, July 6, 2015, Asia-Plus — Schools in Tajikistan are experiencing acute shortages of teachers of the Russian and English languages, mathematics, chemistry, physics and informatics, Nouriddin Said, the Minister of Education and Science, remarked at news conference in Dushanbe on July 6.
According to him, Tajikistan now has 3,715 teaching vacancies. The minister said that the ministry is trying to provide schools in the provinces with sufficient teachers.
“The most serious situation is in districts subordinate to the center,” said the minister. “These districts now have 1,373 teaching vacancies.”
The minister further noted that they planned to solve the teacher shortage problem in the coming three years.
