Free clubs have been opened in Bishkek that allow children to spend their holidays productively. This information was provided by the city administration.
Sverdlovsk District
In the Sverdlovsk district, active work is organized at the Children's Creativity Center aimed at developing creative, intellectual, and technical skills in children and adolescents.
The main building of the Center is located at 109 Jumabek Street. There are also branches and clubs at the following addresses: 100 Yaltinskaya Street, 77 Alamedin-1 microdistrict, 1/3 Mambetov Street, and 424 Almatinskaya Street.
The Center offers a variety of clubs. It has early development studios "Pochemuchka" and "Bilgim kelet", a language studio "East&West English", a chess club "Akyiman", as well as programs such as "Mental Arithmetic" and computer literacy.
Special attention is paid to the preservation and popularization of national culture. The Center hosts ensembles of folk and modern dance "Kauhar", "Jaz", "Kyialkech", "Taazhy", a folklore ensemble "Azem", a komuz group "Üch kyl", a mouth komuz group "Keremet", studios "Oymo ART", "Chiy chyrmoo", "Önör Kg", "Etno sayma", as well as decorative and applied arts clubs such as "BiserOk", "Magic Ball", "Cheber Koldor", "Aikeldi", "Cheber Darkan".
Scientific and technical clubs are also represented. There are programs like "Murasher" (basic technical modeling), "Polet" (aeromodelling), "312 ArtHouse" (visual arts), a vocal club, guitar "Altyn kyl", a stage speech studio "Süylö ART", acting "Kaarman", and a youth association "Manas".
October District
In the October district, the Children's Creativity Center "Shayir balalyk" actively works on additional education for children and adolescents.
This institution and its branches have 70 clubs.
The main building of the Center is located at 14/1, 3rd microdistrict. There are also clubs — "Tunguch", "Erudite", "Nadezhda", "Etud", "Masterok", "Aruna", as well as clubs based in seven general education schools in the October district.
Classes are held in the following areas:
— artistic and aesthetic (fine arts, decorative and applied creativity, design, vocals, dance, acting);
— physical culture and sports (chess, wushu, tennis, boxing, kickboxing, judo, yoga);
— technical creativity (aeromodelling, robotics, digital design);
— social and intellectual development (logic, conversational English, polyglot, expressive reading, "know yourself" and other areas).
Classes are held both in the main building of the Center and in the Tunguch, Kok-Zhar, Asanbay microdistricts, as well as at the bases of schools No. 100, No. 88, No. 60, No. 3, No. 64, No. 73, and No. 103.
Lenin District
In the Lenin district, the Children's Creativity Center creates all conditions for the comprehensive development of children and adolescents.
The institution is located at 130 Bakayev Street and also includes the "Yrys" club (111 Sh. Rustaveli Street). Education is provided free of charge in Kyrgyz and Russian languages.
At the Children's Creativity Center, there are clubs covering artistic and aesthetic, musical and stage, technical, sports, and intellectually developing areas. Children can engage in decorative and applied creativity, choreography, vocals, playing the komuz, television journalism, digital technologies, aeromodelling, and various sports and martial arts.
In addition, the Center's clubs operate at the bases of schools in the Lenin district. In total, there are 48 clubs functioning here, with more than 2,100 children participating.
The municipal institution "Station of Young Technicians" in the Lenin district also provides accessible and free additional education for children and adolescents in the capital.
The Station of Young Technicians has been one of the leading centers for technical and creative development of youth for 37 years. Currently, 1988 children are enrolled in the institution's clubs, of which 18% are representatives of socially vulnerable categories. The educational process is supported by 45 qualified teachers.
Education is conducted in six main areas: technical (robotics, IT, aviation and automotive modeling), artistic and aesthetic, intellectually developing, musical and stage, sports, and tourism and local history.
Due to the construction of a new modern 4-story building at 144 Leo Tolstoy Street, the educational process is temporarily organized at the bases of 12 general education schools in the Lenin district. The completion of the construction of the new building, covering more than 2500 sq. m, is expected in the IV quarter of 2026. The new building will be equipped with modern IT classrooms, robotics laboratories, 3D printers, laser machines, and an observatory, which will allow the number of children to increase to 2500.
From 2024 to 2026, the Station of Young Technicians is actively introducing new areas: additional groups in robotics are opening, jewelry making is developing, and the ethnic direction "Örnök" is being implemented to revive national values.
First of May District
The First of May Children's Creativity Center also provides additional educational services.
The main building of the Center is located at 21 T. Moldov Street, and a club operates at 104 Bokonbaev Street.
Currently, there are 46 clubs operating at the Center, some of which are organized at the bases of schools in the district.
Work is being conducted in the following areas:
— decorative and applied and technical creativity (bead weaving, appliqué, origami, working with felt, visual arts, robotics);
— musical and stage direction (komuz, vocals, folklore);
— musical and aesthetic and sports (folk and modern dances, theatrical art, artistic reading, stage speech, volleyball);
— intellectual and social development (English language, programming, media, "Manas studies", chess, youth associations).
