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A new school with 225 places has been built in Katar-Zhangak village in Bazar-Korgon district of Jalal-Abad region, Kyrgyzstan. The Ministry of Construction reported that the project was financed from the republican budget. The total cost of the facility is 149 million soms.
Uzbekistan and Malaysia have agreed to expand cooperation on training specialists for the semiconductor industry, developing microelectronics and conducting technological research. The Information Service and Communications Department of Uzbekistan's Ministry of Economy and Finance reported that memoranda of cooperation were signed between organizations and higher education institutions of the two countries during a working visit by an Uzbek delegation.
During the official visit of Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov to Armenia, a memorandum of cooperation in education and science was signed between Kyrgyzstan's Ministry of Science, Higher Education and Innovation and Armenia's Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports. According to the Kyrgyz ministry, the document aims to develop bilateral cooperation, exchange experience and strengthen interaction between educational and scientific organisations in the two countries.
A manuscript held at Tashkent State University’s library, long considered lost, was found to be a major 14th-century encyclopedic source. It is Badriddin Ibrohim’s explanatory dictionary Zafangʻoʻ va jahonpoʻ, known for centuries only from short quotations in later works.
Bashkortostan, a Russian republic, has concluded a 9.2 million ruble agreement for 65 employers to hold internships. According to the republic’s Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Protection, the programme is part of the national project “Kadry” (Personnel) and is carried out through personnel centres.
Fevzi Uzel, Istanbul representative of the Business People’s Association (İŞAD), outlined the Northern Cyprus Technology Base project on KIBRIS TV’s “Güne Yansıyanlar” programme. He said the base will consist of nine separate facilities combining a data centre, software, cyber security, entrepreneurship and technology, and that the project aims to reverse brain drain.
An international conference, “XX–XXI Century Tatar Literature, Culture and Contemporary Literary Strategies”, was held at the Institute of Philology and Intercultural Communication of Kazan Federal University to mark the 85th anniversary of Tatarstan People's Poet Renat Kharis. Scholars from Russian regions, as well as Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and other countries, took part, Intertat reported.
Kazakhstan has received an operating university as a gift. Nurasyl Medeu, founder of the Kazakh National University of Sport (KNUS), has decided to give the state the institution, into which he invested his own funds for five years. The decision was made known on 17 October in Astana, where KNUS marked its fifth anniversary.
Kyrgyzstan plans to build 115 kindergartens each year, with 240 places per facility, and to raise preschool coverage to 80% by 2030. The measures are part of the first stage of the Concept of Demographic Policy until 2040, which was discussed on 16 October at a meeting of the Council on Demographic Policy under the Cabinet, the Ministry of Social Labour reported.
The Education Books Commission in North Macedonia has decided to withdraw 14 textbooks for Grade 7 of primary school. The decision, which takes effect immediately, covers materials for several subjects taught in Macedonian, Albanian, Turkish and Serbian. It was taken at a session held on 9 October 2026.
Uzbekistan has adopted a presidential decree on establishing the Tashkent International Academy of Fashion. Under the decree, the academy will be a state higher education institution operating within the system of the Light Industry Development Agency.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet said that Cambodians who studied in Kazakhstan now hold senior posts in their country's government. He made the remarks at expanded talks with President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, according to Akorda. Hun Manet said more than 120 Cambodian students were trained in Kazakhstan, and many later took high state positions, including governors of several provinces, state secretaries and ministry staff.
Ünal Üstel, leader of the National Unity Party (UBP) and Prime Minister, said at a draw to set the order of parliamentary candidates that the party is preparing for the election with the works it has delivered and its projects for the new term. Üstel said: “Whatever we wrote into the government programme, we implemented. There is more than enough, nothing is missing!”
Prof. Dr. Mehmet Bulut was unanimously elected rector of International Balkan University (IBU) on 15 October 2026, following a rector election held under Article 97 of North Macedonia's Law on Higher Education. The vote took place across the university's six faculties and one vocational college and was conducted on the basis of a free, direct and secret ballot.
Kyrgyzstan's Cabinet of Ministers has adopted a resolution updating the model agreement for recipients of the President's international scholarship “El Umuty”. According to the press service of the Ministry of Science, Higher Education and Innovation, the main aim of the changes is to ensure targeted and effective use of state funds and to increase scholarship holders' responsibility for their contractual obligations.
The European Union will allocate a grant of 592 million soms to Kyrgyzstan to support reforms in the country's education sector, according to a report by the Kabar news agency.
A vocational and technical education institution in Chadyr-Lunga is among 25 educational establishments in Moldova that are planned for modernisation. The project is part of a large-scale initiative with a total cost of 80 million euros. The report was published in Russian by the Gagauzinfo news outlet.
An education and culture centre of the Kayum Nasyri Institute opened in Astrakhan on 15 October, at the base of the Dostlyk Tatar National Culture regional public organisation. The institute belongs to the Institute of Philology and Intercultural Communication of Kazan Federal University. The Tatarstan Ministry of Education and Science press service reported the opening.
From 14 to 16 October 2026, the Rector of the Yagshygeldi Kakayev International University of Oil and Gas visited Japan to promote scientific and educational cooperation and expand bilateral engagement in hydrogen energy. During the visit, he met Keisuke Nagata, President of the University of Tsukuba, to discuss joint research, specialist training and innovative technologies for producing hydrogen from natural gas.
The European Union has provided Kyrgyzstan with grant budget support of 6 million euros, equal to nearly 592 million soms. The Ministry of Finance of the Kyrgyz Republic reported the receipt of the funds on 16 October 2026. The financing was allocated under the Contract for Education Sector Reform (ESRC) programme.
Bashkortostan head Radiy Khabirov said on his social media page what makes the Ufa interuniversity student campus unique. He said he was confident it is one of the best in the country.
The Ministry of Education and Science has announced that the deadline for paying contract fees and formalising enrolment at higher education institutions for the 2026/2027 academic year has been extended to November 1. The extension applies to bachelor's and master's applicants recommended for admission, as well as to students who transferred, were reinstated after transfer, or resumed their studies.
Ulusal Birlik Partisi (UBP) leader and Prime Minister Ünal Üstel said the UBP would emerge stronger from the general and local elections to be held on December 6. According to a UBP statement, Üstel met people in Dörtyol and Korkuteli and delivered messages about the elections. He said the party would win the municipality and increase its number of parliament members, and would continue stability and service together with Turkey.
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said Kazakhstan is ready to offer scholarships to students from all 28 member states of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA), along with research grants for scientists from participating countries. He made the announcement at the 7th CICA summit in Baku, according to the Akorda presidential press service.
Today's top Turkic news: Uzbekistan-China ties, Samarkand visit, Kulubaev-Rubio talks, Northern Cyprus festival and Turkmen desertification centre.
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