Abstract: Russian education in Central Asia reached to its every nook and corner during the Soviet period; literacy rate, as such, reached to the highest water mark. However, after the unexpected fall of Soviet Union, there occurred drastic changes in almost every field of life; the case of education was no exception. Since the medium of instruction for education during Soviet period was Russian, they, therefore, felt no need to learn the native languages. And, for that matter, the knowledge of Russian language provided extra opportunities for its speakers in many respects. For example it would help one to get a government job in preference to that of any regional native language; provides opportunities to learn and teach at higher education, to do business at international level, etc. for Russian was the common language of the entire Soviet Union and was a language of international repute. However, after the fall of Soviet Union, every state in Central Asia adopted their regional language as the medium of education. Nevertheless, there are still some educational institutes with Russian as the medium of instruction. In this paper an attempt has been made to bring to light the educational status of the Russian ethnic minority in Tajikistan.
Keywords: Education, Ethnic Minorities, Schools, Government.
Title: Education and the Russian Ethnic Minority in Central Asia: A Case Study of Tajikistan
Author: Rather Farooq Ahmad
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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