Education in Turkmenistan

There was a total of 1,730 schools – 1,232 in rural and 498 in urban areas (State Committee for Statistics).

[5] At the end of the 2019–20 academic year, nearly 80,000 Turkmen pupils graduated from high school.

[6] As of the 2019–20 academic year, 12,242 of these students were admitted to institutions of higher education in Turkmenistan.

[7] In 1996, The Ministry of Education of Turkmenistan gave the opportunity for state and private entities to open and operate short term courses.

There are more than ten language course centers among which Hemaýat, Diller dünýäsi, Dil merkezi, Gözleg ylym-bilim merkezi, Bagtyýar Ýaşlar, Gujurly Nesil, Päk Nesil, Hukuk, biznes we tehnologiýalar merkezi, Dalçyn, Daýan, Zehinli Nesil, Altyn Göreç, Erenler, Dilkom, Günbatar şapagy, Altyn Sarpa etc.

Soviet stamp showing Turkmen costume (1963); the women are depicted holding books, a subtle promotion of women's education