Information on the establishment of the education system in Kichi-Kemin, Kemin district, was provided by Roza Noruzbaeva, head of Library No. 5. According to her, the village school was organized among the first as early as the 1920s, which testified to well-established efforts to draw children into education and provide quality schooling.
A high level of education and the school's status
The educational process in Kichi-Kemin was maintained at a high level even in wartime, despite a shortage of teachers. A boarding school operated at the school, where children from all villages of the Kemin district came to study. At the time, the Kichi-Kemin school was considered one of the best in Kyrgyzstan, second only to School No. 5 in the city of Frunze.
The village's traditions and heritage
Despite its official name Kichi-Kemin, thanks to its distinguished natives the village is proudly called "Chon-Ayil" (Big Village). Local residents note that they take pride in the scholars, academicians, poets, writers and public figures who received their education at the local school.
Principals of the Kichi-Kemin school
- Sadyk Tolgonoov
- Musuraly Kopobaev
- Omuraly Kulukeev
- Kadyr Zhanybekov
- Imash Alykeev
- Seksenaly Zhumagulov
- Boshkoev
- Orozbek Chokobaev
- Ubaidyllda Kudaimendiev
- Beishenaly Aidyraliev
- Kasymov
- Zhanaliev
- Chagyrov
- Kapar Imanov
- Kokonov
- M.K. Fattakhov
- Emilbek Otorbaev
- K. Musaev
- A. Raiymkulov
- Aina Sheishenova
- Temirbek Kerimkulov
- Adilet Omuraliev
- Erkinbek Usenov
- Zhyldyz Omuraliev
- Ishenbek So
The collected information on the development of education in the village of Kichi-Kemin is available as part of a series of features on the history of the Kemin valley.
