Tajik Leader Unveils Modern Schools and Historical Museum in Khovaling

On September 11, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon paid a working visit to the Khovaling district of Khatlon region, where he inaugurated several new facilities and reviewed the living conditions of local residents.

The visit began with the opening of the Jalol Ikromi Gymnasium, a private educational institution built on the initiative of entrepreneur Abdullo Hasanov to mark the 35th anniversary of Tajikistan’s independence, The Caspian Post reports via Tajik media.

Constructed at a cost of 5.5 million somoni, the gymnasium can accommodate 456 pupils in a single shift. It is equipped with an electronic library, an indoor sports hall, specialized classrooms, three science laboratories, a dining hall, and a playground. The school also launched 12 academic clubs designed to prepare pupils for national and international competitions.

President Rahmon also remotely inaugurated three secondary schools, two kindergartens, and a sports and tourism center across the rural settlements of Chukurak, Taghi Jar, and Darai Mukhtor. In total, six new educational institutions were opened in Khovaling, creating capacity for over 2,600 pupils.

Later in the day, the president attended the opening of the Khovaling Stone Age Historical Museum, which houses rare archaeological finds from sites such as Kuldara, Honakoh, and Obi Mazor. The exhibits span the Stone Age through the Early and Late Middle Ages, including stone tools dating back more than 950,000 years.

Kuldara in Khovaling is recognized as one of Central Asia’s oldest regions, where early Stone Age settlements of the Lower Paleolithic era were discovered.