WATCH – primary schools in the Kyrgyz Republic tackle literacy and numeracy with child-centred innovations

28 February 2023
By Sarah James

Teachers at two primary schools – Tugol uulu Usupbek School in Naryn and Ziyamidin Karimbekov School in Chon Alay – have worked in design teams within their schools to come up with creative practices to engage their students for improving mathematics and literacy. The Young Architects Club, and the The Future Learning Centre are the result of their Human-Centred Design processes. As with so many of the Schools2030 innovations, the child-centred, engaging and practical approach of these ideas has also resulted in improving a wide variety of disciplines, including digital literacy and ICT skills, creativity, collaboration, self-efficacy and more. Watch the below videos to learn more from the teachers and students themselves!

The Future Learning Centre – an innovation by Ziyamidin Karimbekov School

The Young Architects Club – an innovation from Tugol uulu Usupbek School


Schools2030 is a ten-year participatory learning improvement programme based in 1,000 government schools across ten countries. Schools2030 supports teachers and students to design and implement education micro-innovations. These low-cost and scaleable innovations will inform and transform education systems to improve holistic learning outcomes for the most marginalised learners worldwide. Join the movement on TwitterFacebook, and LinkedIn.