According to the ministry, there are 2207 schools in the republic where 1 million 27 thousand children study, and in most schools, there are difficulties related to access to water and adequate sanitary conditions. Such conditions are particularly noted in the Naryn, Talas, and Jalal-Abad regions.
“Throughout the republic, 33% of schools and 52% of kindergartens do not have access to drinking water. Such poor conditions will inevitably lead to an increase in children’s morbidity from infectious diseases. According to the data from the State Sanitary and Epidemiological Supervision, in some rural areas, up to 79% of children were infected with four types of parasitic diseases,” says the representative of the environmental movement “Biom,” Anna Kirilenko.
The Ministry of Education of the Kyrgyz Republic, in partnership with the Ministry of Health, the “Biom” movement, and the UNICEF children’s fund, announces a competition “Tap-taza” among schools in Kyrgyzstan for the best initiatives in the field of sanitation, hygiene, and water supply.
For each school that wins a prize, a package of all necessary means to ensure decent conditions will be provided. Detailed information about the competition is available on the website www.taptaza.kg.
