In Japan, a teacher is compared to a minister, while in Tajikistan — to a migrant worker.
It is sometimes claimed that we pay more attention to the humanities, especially literature and poetry, than to the exact sciences. However, I have witnessed chemistry, physics, mathematics, and other science teachers, alongside language and literature teachers, leaving for Russia to engage in manual labor just to make ends meet. In other words, I want to emphasize that merely portraying teachers or distinguishing between humanities and exact sciences does not address the problems within Tajikistan’s educational system. The lack of knowledge or low literacy levels among the generation raised during the era of independence is not the fault of teachers but of an educational system that requires review and reform. Most of the teachers in schools and universities are either those who taught during the