KZBlog

Despite the fact that next winter the Asian Winter Games will be held in Kazakhstan, Almaty education officials say the school year will start on 1 Sept as always. Rumors that the school year would start early so that winter vacation would coincide with the games (or so that pupil would have a longer winter break) are just that: rumors, apparently. I also like the side rumor that the reason schoolchildren need to be out of school during the games is so that they can work during the games.

Could you imagine being an athlete coming to Kazakhstan for the first time and being handed an 8th grader as your translator/guide? That would do more than Borat ever could to spoil the image of Kazakhstan.

So, dear parents, while it is good to be prepared early, you didn’t have to buy the uniforms or books yet. So far. Unless the akimat changes it’s mind.