OSCE
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Christophe Kamp and Turkmenistan’s Education Ministry hosted a ministerial roundtable on multilingual education in Ashgabat on 22 October 2026.
The roundtable was gone to by education ministers and ministerial agents from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, together with agents of worldwide companies and academic community.
Speaking on behalf of the High Commissioner, * Eleonora Lotti, HCNM Senior Adviser and Head of Section, accentuated the specific character of the area, where the languages are spoken throughout state borders in every instructions. “Almost every state language represented at this table is also a mother-tongue spoken by communities across a border,” she stated.
“A child who cannot follow the language of the classroom is not only shut out of one part of school, they are shut out of all of it, no matter how well the school is resourced,” Lotti stated. She likewise worried the worth of language-in-education policy for society as a whole. “Education systems that give children a secure footing in their first language as well as a genuine command of the state language instil a strong sense of belonging, which leads to trust, stability and a more cohesive society, which can prevent tensions from taking root,” she stated.
The delegations talked about how they can deal with typical difficulties together. They recognized the accessibility and training of instructors able to teach through more than one language, the advancement and sharing of mentor products and subject terms, and academic information and evaluation as locations that might take advantage of more co-operation. The delegations reached a tentative arrangement on a joint communiqué on cultivating local co-operation through multilingual education in Central Asia and Mongolia.
The occasion develops on the HCNM’s long-lasting inter-state discussion on social combination and the education of nationwide minorities, which started 20 years back. This effort likewise consisted of the Central Asia Education Programme, which was executed by the workplace of the HCNM and UNICEF in between 2012 and 2021.
The roundtable likewise marked the 30th anniversary of The Hague Recommendations Regarding the Education Rights of National Minorities
* Due to unpredicted situations, the High Commissioner was not able to take a trip to Ashgabat.
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