Isfana Secondary School

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Isfana Secondary School
Uzbek: "Isfana" oʻrta maktabi, "Исфана" ўрта мактаби
Location
Isfana, Kyrgyzstan
Coordinates 39°49′55″N 69°31′47″E / 39.8319°N 69.5297°E / 39.8319; 69.5297
Information
School type Elementary, secondary, and high school
Religious affiliation(s) None
Established 1936 (1936)
Headmaster Inomjon Roʻziboyev
Language Uzbek
The Main Entrance to Isfana Secondary School. This building was completed in 1989.

Isfana Secondary School (Uzbek: "Isfana" oʻrta maktabi, "Исфана" ўрта мактаби; Russian: Средняя школа "Исфана"; Kyrgyz: "Исфана" орто мектеби) is a secondary school in Isfana, Kyrgyzstan.[1][2] Although the school is called a secondary school, it offers classes for grades 1 through 11. The school's first graduating class was in 1938. The current building of the school was completed in 1989.

History

In 1936, Budyonny Elementary School in Isfana was turned into Isfana Seven-Year School. In the USSR, seven-year schools were incomplete secondary general-education schools that originated in 1921 and existed until the 1950s.

In the 1930s, there were very few adequately trained instructors in Isfana. Instructors from Osh and the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic were sent to work at the school. The Ministry of Education of the Uzbek SSR sent instructors Tuqtasinov O., Inoyatov Sh., and Dundiev K. from Tashkent and Tulamov R. from Bekabad to teach in Isfana.

The initial building of the school was divided into three parts. One part was an orphanage. Another part was the office of the Leilek District's public education authority. The remaining part of the building had classrooms where students attended classes. The orphanage was closed in 1949.

According to data collected in 1940, 322 students were being educated in the school at that time. In 1960, Isfana was turned into an eight-year school. Eight-year schools were incomplete secondary general-education polytechnical schools in the USSR that were oriented toward labor. From 1960 to 1969, Rajapov Gʻulom, Gʻaffarov Rizoqul, and Qunduzova Xosiyat served as principal of the school. In 1970, the school was transformed into a secondary school and stating from that time students had to study for 10 years.

Since 1969 the following people have served as principals of Isfana Secondary School: Ibrohim Xolmurzaev, Xurmatoy Gʻoynazarova (1986–1996), Dadajon Komilov (1996–2000), Mamlakat Uzoqova (2000–2003), Dadajon Komilov (2003–2010), and Inomjon Roʻziboyev (2010–present).

In the fall of 1999, Jumaboy Boboev, a geography teacher, opened classes for perceptive students in Isfana Secondary School. These classes were later turned into a gymnasium school, namely Uzbek Gymnasium No. 4 named after Usmon Matkarimov.

General framework and curriculum

At sfana Secondary School children are accepted to first grade at the age of 6 or 7, depending on individual development of each child. The eleven-year school term is split into elementary (grades 1-4), middle (grades 5-9) and senior (grades 10-11) classes. Attending a nine-year "basic" (elementary and middle) program is compulsory. Grades 10-11 are optional.

Like at many other secondary schools in Kyrgyzstan and other CIS countries, children of elementary classes are normally separated from other classes within their own floor of a school building. They are taught, ideally, by a single teacher through all four elementary grades (except for physical training and, if available, foreign languages). This is the case at Isfana Secondary School.

Starting from the fifth grade, each academic subject is taught by a dedicated specialty teacher. The school curriculum for senior students includes subjects like mathematics, informatics, physics, chemistry, geography, biology, arts, music, physical education, history, and astronomy. The medium of instruction at Isfana Secondary School is Uzbek. In addition to Uzbek, students study three other languages, namely, English, Kyrgyz, and Russian.

Like many other schools in Kyrgyzstan Isfana Secondary School is a double shift school where two streams of students (morning shift and evening shift) share the same facility. The reason for this is that school capacity is insufficient to teach all of the students on a normal morning-to-afternoon schedule.

The school year extends from September 1 to the end of May and is divided into four terms. The school curriculum at Isfana Secondary School is fixed: unlike in some Western countries, schoolchildren or their parents have no choice of which subjects to study. Students are graded on a 5-step scale, ranging in practice from 2 ("unacceptable") to 5 ("excellent"); 1 is a rarely used sign of extreme failure. Teachers regularly subdivide these grades (i.e. 4+, 5-) in daily use, but term and year results are graded strictly 2, 3, 4 or 5.

Medium of instruction

The medium of instruction at Isfana Secondary School is Uzbek. In addition to Uzbek, students study three other languages, namely, English, Kyrgyz, and Russian. Like in many other Uzbek-language schools in Kyrgyzstan, the future of teaching in Uzbek remains uncertain at Isfana Secondary School.[3]

Lately Kyrgyz authorities have taken measures to remove the Uzbek language from public life and have been pushing to forcibly switch Uzbek schools to Kyrgyz.[4][5][6][7] There are not enough school textbooks in Uzbek and the Kyrgyz government is unwilling provide them, claiming that it does not have enough funds.[8] As Kyrgyz officials strongly oppose the use of textbooks printed in Uzbekistan, currently many classes in Uzbek-language schools of Kyrgyzstan are taught in Uzbek using Kyrgyz textbooks.

Notable alumni

Usmon Matkarimov (1922-1989) — graduated from Isfana secondary school in 1939; served as the head of Isfana's kolkhoz; greatly contributed to the development of the town;[9] Uzbek Gymnasium No. 4 is named after him.

References

  1. ↑ "The Official website of Isfana" (in Russian). Retrieved 16 January 2012. 
  2. ↑ "General Information about Isfana". Association of Cities of Kyrgyzstan (in Russian). Retrieved 11 February 2012. 
  3. ↑ Usmon, Sarvar (11 October 2011). "The fate of Uzbek-language schools in Kyrgyzstan is uncertain". RFE/RL (in Uzbek). Retrieved 30 October 2012. 
  4. ↑ "Tajik, Uzbek schools should be shut, Kyrgyz MP says". Universal Newswires. 17 February 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2012. 
  5. ↑ Wisniewski, Dan (1 October 2012). "Uzbek Language Disappearing In Kyrgyzstan". RFE/RL. Retrieved 9 October 2012. 
  6. ↑ Kasym, Elmurad (26 September 2012). "Removing Uzbek from Public Life". Registan. Retrieved 9 October 2012. 
  7. ↑ Sherzod (19 November 2011). "What's the purpose? Increasing illiteracy?". RFE/RL (in Uzbek). Retrieved 30 October 2012. 
  8. ↑ Bakyt Ibraimov; Temir Akmatov (8 December 2011). "Osh Mulls Ban on Uzbek-Language Schools". Transitions Online. Retrieved 22 February 2012. 
  9. ↑ Aminov, Saitmamat; Tursunbay Maksitov (2005). Contemporaries of Ishak Razzakov (in kyrgyz). Osh. pp. 385–387. 
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