Salaries of teachers to grow in Kyrgyzstan

"From October 1, teachers’ salaries will be increased by 30 percent. A teacher who taught children for 20 hours and received 12,000 soms will get over 18,000 soms", - said Prime Minister.

Besides, the Prime Minister noted that illiteracy of the population is becoming a large-scale social problem.

"More than 800 million inhabitants of the planet are currently illiterate — which means they cannot make their life and the life of the country better. Therefore, the main task of the Kyrgyz government is to create a competitive education system", - noted Mukhammedkaly Abylgaziev.

According to him, it is necessary to actively introduce information and communication technologies, innovations and investments in education, create a modern material and technical base of educational institutions and improve the quality of education, provide state support to the system.