In the village of Yeskikorgan in the Keles District of the Turkestan Region, children are studying in a dilapidated building that is already 70 years old. Parents describe the conditions as inhumane and claim that local authorities have been feeding them nothing but promises for years.
According to Ulysmedia.kz, the villagers built the school building themselves back in the middle of the last century. Since then, the mud-brick walls have been crumbling, the ceiling has collapsed, and the floors have rotted. The school has only two classrooms, which cannot accommodate all the students.
A rusty horizontal bar in the yard serves as the gym, water is stored in a barrel, and the toilet is an old wooden shack.
"There is no ceiling, the walls are crooked, the floors have fallen through. Even hobos would be better off than our children studying here. The walls are mud-brick, crumbling, there is no foundation. We are waiting for it to collapse, and only then will they declare it unsafe," the villagers complain.
According to parents, the akimat has been promising a new school for over 20 years.
"The regional akim said they would start building this year. But so far, they haven't even laid the foundation. The children come home in tears — their feet go through holes, some fall. We are afraid to send them here," says one of the villagers.
Only after numerous complaints did officials announce: the dilapidated building will be closed, and students will be temporarily transported to a neighbouring school. However, the village does not believe these words. According to available information, the project has passed the state expertise, but the funding issue is stalled.
The residents are certain: if they hadn't raised a fuss, the children would still be studying among the ruins. Now the villagers are demanding not temporary solutions, but the construction of a new school.