The Ministry of Education responded to the initiative of the deputy of the Jogorku Kenesh, Dastan Bekeshev, regarding the forced involvement of budget employees in cleaning the territory.
In response to Dastan Bekeshev's proposal to stop the compulsory participation of budget employees in community clean-up days, the Ministry of Education stated that no directives had been issued to send teachers to such events.
The agency emphasized that such practices are unacceptable.
However, they noted that local self-government bodies sometimes abuse their position by involving educators in clean-up days and other work.
According to Bekeshev, cleanliness in the country should be maintained on a permanent basis, and the responsibility for litter should lie with the violators, not with budget sector workers. He expressed the opinion that if this practice were effective, Kyrgyzstan would have looked better a long time ago.
It is worth noting that local authorities regularly declare months dedicated to improvement, usually in spring and autumn, and forcibly involve both budget employees and private organizations in cleaning efforts.
Against this backdrop, there are specialized services funded by the budget and taxes that deal with landscaping.
Last year, a high-profile incident occurred in Tokmak related to the construction of a park. Local residents expressed dissatisfaction with the quality and speed of the work, resulting in the mayor being dismissed, and the representative of the Chuy region was tasked with restoring order as soon as possible. For this, hundreds of workers from city services, enterprises, and educational institutions were sent to the site. There were no comments regarding the forced involvement of citizens.
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