According to the ministry's information, over 66% of teachers face bullying or violence from students and their parents. Additionally, educators are required to fill out up to 46 different reports for various agencies, are subjected to illegal inspections, and are assigned tasks unrelated to their professional duties, such as fundraising, purchasing goods, and organizing logistical events. Meanwhile, current legislation does not provide for accountability for such violations.
The proposed amendments include penalties for several types of offenses:
- Involving teachers in tasks not specified in their job descriptions;
- Requesting reports and information beyond what is legally established;
- Conducting illegal inspections; imposing duties on educators to acquire goods and services;
- Involving educators in activities unrelated to the educational process.
There is also a provision for stricter accountability for manifestations of disrespect towards teachers while they are performing their official duties.
The fines range from 50 to 200 calculation indicators (from 5,000 to 20,000 soms), and in the case of a repeated violation, the amount is doubled.
The developers of the draft law are confident that its adoption will help reduce the bureaucratic burden on educators, decrease corruption risks, and elevate the status of the teaching profession.
Comparative Table
| Current Edition | Proposed Edition |
| Code of Offenses of the Kyrgyz Republic | |
| Article 1021. Manifestation of Disrespect Towards an Educator 1. Manifestation of disrespect towards an educator while performing their official duties, expressed in the form of foul language, indecent behavior, offensive harassment, demonstration of obscene gestures (signs) or objects, including through mass media or telecommunications networks, - entails a warning or a fine for individuals in the amount of 10 calculation indicators. 2. Failure of parents or guardians to fulfill their responsibilities for raising a child under the age of sixteen, resulting in the child committing an act specified in part 1 of this article, - entails a warning. Article 456. Internal Affairs Bodies The internal affairs bodies consider cases of offenses and impose penalties provided for in articles 63, 73, parts 1 and 2 of article 74, 83, 831, parts 3 and 4 of article 85, articles 93 – 95, 97 – 99, 101, 1011, 102, 1022 – 1024, 108, 109, 1091, part 2 of article 112, articles 125, 1271, 130, 132 – 135, 137 – 141, parts 1, 3 – 8 of article 142, article 1421, paragraphs 1 and 2 of part 1 of article 153, articles 160, 165, 177 – 180, 182 – 188, part 1 of article 189, articles 190, 191, parts 1 – 3 of article 192, parts 3 and 6 of article 193, articles 194 – 201, 228, 2281, 272, 273, 310, 325, 430, parts 1 and 2 of article 431, articles 432, 445, 447, 448, part 1 of article 449, article 450 of this Code. The internal affairs bodies draw up protocols for offenses provided for in articles 56 – 59, 70-72, 96, 1071, 1092, 1093, 126 – 129, 131, part 2 of article 189, part 4 of article 192, parts 1 – 21, 4 – 5 of article 193, article 271, part 3 of article 431, part 2 of article 449 of this Code and send them to court for consideration. | Article 1021. Manifestation of Disrespect Towards an Educator 1. Manifestation of disrespect towards an educator while performing their official duties, expressed in the form of foul language, indecent behavior, offensive harassment, demonstration of obscene gestures (signs) or objects, including through mass media or telecommunications networks, - entails a warning or a fine for individuals in the amount of 50 calculation indicators. 2. Failure of parents or guardians to fulfill their responsibilities for raising a child under the age of sixteen, resulting in the child committing an act specified in part 1 of this article, - entails a warning or a fine for individuals in the amount of 100 calculation indicators. Article 1025. Obstruction of lawful professional activity of an educator of a state and municipal educational organization 1. Illegal interference in the lawful professional activity of an educator of a state and municipal educational organization, committed in the form of: 1) involving an educator in types of work not related to professional duties, except in cases provided for by the legislation of the Kyrgyz Republic in the field of education; 2) demanding from an educator reports or information not provided for by the legislation of the Kyrgyz Republic; 3) conducting inspections not provided for by the legislation of the Kyrgyz Republic; 4) imposing on an educator the duty to acquire goods and services; 5) involving an educator in activities unrelated to their work, - entails a fine for individuals in the amount of 50 calculation indicators, for officials - in the amount of 100 calculation indicators. 2. Action specified in part 1 of this article, committed repeatedly within one year after the imposition of penalties, - entails a fine for individuals in the amount of 100 calculation indicators, for officials - in the amount of 200 calculation indicators. Article 456. Internal Affairs Bodies The internal affairs bodies consider cases of offenses and impose penalties provided for in articles 63, 73, parts 1 and 2 of article 74, 83, 831, parts 3 and 4 of article 85, articles 93 – 95, 97 – 99, 101, 1011, 102, 1022 – 1025, 108, 109, 1091, part 2 of article 112, articles 125, 1271, 130, 132 – 135, 137 – 141, parts 1, 3 – 8 of article 142, article 1421, paragraphs 1 and 2 of part 1 of article 153, articles 160, 165, 177 – 180, 182 – 188, part 1 of article 189, articles 190, 191, parts 1 – 3 of article 192, parts 3 and 6 of article 193, articles 194 – 201, 228, 2281, 272, 273, 310, 325, 430, parts 1 and 2 of article 431, articles 432, 445, 447, 448, part 1 of article 449, article 450 of this Code. The internal affairs bodies draw up protocols for offenses provided for in articles 56 – 59, 70-72, 96, 1071, 1092, 1093, 126 – 129, 131, part 2 of article 189, part 4 of article 192, parts 1 – 21, 4 – 5 of article 193, article 271, part 3 of article 431, part 2 of article 449 of this Code and send them to court for consideration. |
