More than 70 children in Bishkek and Osh will be enrolled to evening classes
Evening classes will be opened on the basis of secondary schools in Kyrgyzstan’s Bishkek and Osh, where more than 70 working children will be able to get education.
Such classes will appear in schools located close to market venues.
“Most children, who drop out schools, work at markets, live in new settlements or in their vicinity, therefore evening classes will be opened close to the markets to facilitate children’ participation,” ILO National Coordinator Amina Kurbanova told a roundtable meeting in Kyrgyzstan’s Ministry of Education and Science on May 21.
The roundtable meeting focusing on the opening of evening schools for child labourers took place at the initiative of Kyrgyzstan’s Ministry of Education and Science and with the support of the International Labour Organization.
At present, the ILO and Kyrgyzstan’s Ministry of Education and Science launched the project on piloting evening classes on the basis of secondary schools in districts with high concentration of child labourer and school drop outs.
During three summer months the MDTs will identify child labourers and make assessment of their needs. “In September all these children should start attending evening classes,” Amina Kurbanova said.
The studies of children will be supervised by social workers. Moreover, within the framework of the pilot project family consultations, where parents of child labourers will be provided with the information on hazards of early employment. The consultations with parents will be held individually every week or in groups twice per month.
The pilot project will provide a floor to assess the efficiency of the suggested model to replicate it further throughout the country.
The roundtable meeting brought together parliamentarians, representatives of local legislatures from Bishkek and Osh, key ministers, municipalities, unions of education and science workers of the Kyrgyz Republic, directors of educational institutions, teachers, experts of international and non-governmental organizations and the media.
“Most children, who drop out schools, work at markets, live in new settlements or in their vicinity, therefore evening classes will be opened close to the markets to facilitate children’ participation,” ILO National Coordinator Amina Kurbanova told a roundtable meeting in Kyrgyzstan’s Ministry of Education and Science on May 21.
The roundtable meeting focusing on the opening of evening schools for child labourers took place at the initiative of Kyrgyzstan’s Ministry of Education and Science and with the support of the International Labour Organization.
At present, the ILO and Kyrgyzstan’s Ministry of Education and Science launched the project on piloting evening classes on the basis of secondary schools in districts with high concentration of child labourer and school drop outs.
During three summer months the MDTs will identify child labourers and make assessment of their needs. “In September all these children should start attending evening classes,” Amina Kurbanova said.
The studies of children will be supervised by social workers. Moreover, within the framework of the pilot project family consultations, where parents of child labourers will be provided with the information on hazards of early employment. The consultations with parents will be held individually every week or in groups twice per month.
The pilot project will provide a floor to assess the efficiency of the suggested model to replicate it further throughout the country.
The roundtable meeting brought together parliamentarians, representatives of local legislatures from Bishkek and Osh, key ministers, municipalities, unions of education and science workers of the Kyrgyz Republic, directors of educational institutions, teachers, experts of international and non-governmental organizations and the media.