SOS Schools in Kyrgyzstan
Bishkek Primary and Secondary School
The combined SOS Primary and Secondary School opened in 2002. There are over 250 pupils, 100 in primary and 160 in secondary. Half of the children from the local community receive a scholarship to attend the school. The school comprises fourteen classrooms, a computer room, chemistry and physics lab, a room for geography and biology, rooms for practical courses in handicraft and home-economics, a library, a sports complex, a meeting room, a room for medical care and a multipurpose hall. After just three years, the school was recognised as a centre of excellence.