Those who are interested in the life of schools in our country, the education system, the affairs of our foundation, visitors to our website know that the “FIRST TEACHER” contest for primary school teachers in rural schools of the Kyrgyz Republic is held annually, and this year for the 12th time.
Let me remind you that the contest takes place in two rounds. In the first round, teachers write essays on the theme of the year. The authors of six essays that received the highest scores according to the jury compete orally in the second round for three prizes and the title of FIRST TEACHER according to our version. All other participants take part in the second round as fans and observers.
The second round will take place in Bishkek on April 27, 2024. We will publish the program and venue on the website.
The first round is completed and I hasten to share its results.
The theme of the 12th contest FIRST TEACHER was as follows:
Is labor migration good or bad? The view of a rural teacher.
I am pleased to introduce you to the finalists of the first round, who scored the highest number of points for the essay as assessed by our jury. They will have to compete in the second round in front of the rest of the contest participants and guests.
- ISAKOVA NURZHAN SHAMURATOVNA, No. 31 Y. Chanakov atyndagy orto mektep, Jalal-Abad region, Suzak district, Kyzyl Senir village – 172 upai. Chunchu Zholu finalist
- GANYEVA AYMYSKAL YRYSBAYEVNA, K. Tagaev atyndagy orto mektep Batken region. Batken district, Samarkandek aiyl aimag, Zhany Bak aiyl – 171 upai. Birinchi zholu katyshuuda
- JAPAROVA AYGUL KUSUEVNA Alekseevka orto mektebi, Chui region, Zhaiyl district, Alekseevka village – 170 upai. Kaitalanuu katyshuuchu
- DYYSHONBY KYZY BERMET, Kuluke Tilekov atyndagy orto mektep, Issyk-Kol region, Ton district of Temir-Kanat village – 170 upai. Birinchi zholu katyshuuda
- SERKEBAEVA GULZANA MOLDOBAYEVNA, Birlik orto mektebi, Isyk-Kol region, Tup district, Birlik village – 170 upai. Kaitalanuu katyshuuchu.
- UMETALIEVA INDIRA SAKYPBEKOVNA, Abdykaiyr Kazakbaev atyndagy orto mektep, Chuy region. Kemin district, Chym-Korgon village – 169 upai. Birinchi zholu katyshuuda
The essays of 5 finalists were written in Kyrgyz, 1 finalist (Zhaparova Aigul Kusuevna) in Russian.
This year, 177 teachers submitted their materials to the contest. After checking for compliance with the requirements of the REGULATIONS of the contest and the absence of plagiarism, 141 essays were accepted for the contest. Of the total number, 130 essays are in Kyrgyz and 11 are in Russian.
Over the years of the FIRST TEACHER contest, the number of participants has changed as follows:
1 contest (2011) – 15 participants; 2 contest (2013) – 8 participants; 3 contest (2014) – 16 participants; 4 contest (2015) – 14 participants; 5th contest (2016) – 75 participants; 6th contest (2017) – 52 participants; 7th contest (2018) – 60 participants; 8th contest (2019) – 55 participants; 9th contest (2020) – 57 participants; 10th contest (2021) – 66 participants; 11th contest (2022/23 academic year) – 83 participants; 12th contest (2023/24 academic year) – 141 participants
Starting from the 11th contest, we began count not by calendar year, but by academic year.
As you can see, this year the number of participants has increased significantly. According to the terms of the contest, any primary school teacher in a rural school can take part in it. The Issyk-Kul teachers again turned out to be the most active in 2024, with a record number of participants from Tyup (45) and Ak-Suu (29). The number of participants from the region farthest from the capital, Batken, has increased significantly. This year, 13 teachers from Batken took part, while last year there was only one participant. The table on the left shows participation statistics by region.
I would especially like to note that among this year’s participants there are teachers – colleagues working in the same school. In some cases two, three or four teachers are from the same school.
But from these schools five teachers each took part:
- Secondary school named after Jumash Asanaliev, Issyk-Kul region, Aksu district, Uch-Kainar village. Head teacher – Eralieva Asel Raimbekovna
- School-gymnasium named after. A.S. Pushkin Issyk-Kul region, Ton district, village. Kaji-Sai. Head teacher – Abdyldaeva Sayragul Ibraevna
- Birlik secondary school, Issyk-Kul region, Tyup district, village. Birlik. Head teacher – Kadyrova Begayim Bolotbekovna, director – Mukanbetova Asel Abdylisovna
I am inclined to assume that there is good support for teachers from the leaders in these schools.
Of course, there are also small schools in our country where there simply are not enough primary classes. And such schools are also represented in our contest. For example from the very far Enilchek village, primary school teacher Cholponbaeva Aigul Kadyrbekovna, who took part in the contest for the third time, despite the remoteness of the school, interruptions in the Internet/ Anpther example – basic school teacher (that is, up to the 9th grade) Turatova Cholponkul Kurmanbekovna from the small village of San-Tash with with 193 inhabitants.
As always, in the second round, six participants will answer questions that they know in advance. Which question out of the three tasks the participant will get will be known based on the drawing of lots.
Those readers of the site who are interested can read the questions here:
VIEW OR DOWNLOAD TASK QUESTIONS OF THE SECOND ROUND OF THE 12TH CONTEST kyrgyz lang
We will be glad to see specialists from the education system and simply interested persons at the second round of the contest on April 27. Details will be published on this website. All publications are announced in the foundation’s telegram channel.
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