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Kyrgyzstan gives itself until Friday to move 11,900 medical students

The health ministry says 10,100 university students and 1,800 college students must transfer out of closed medical schools by 28 August, with online classes starting 2 September. How many have actually moved, the ministry is not yet saying.

Kyrgyzstan gives itself until Friday to move 11,900 medical students

The count comes from the health ministry via 24.kg: 10,100 students in universities and 1,800 in colleges, enrolled at institutions closed after failing state accreditation. The transfer process is to finish by 28 August; teaching starts online on 2 September and moves in-person on 15 September, in step with the rest of the education system.

The Kyrgyz State Medical Academy expects about 1,500 of them. Its attestation commission on transfers meets on Tuesday, checking applications, academic records and document sets through the student service center.

The transfer covers citizens of Kyrgyzstan. The two reports carry no line on foreign enrollees.

The Kyrgyz State Medical Academy expects about 1,500 of them.

Progress is the missing number. The ministry declined to give statistics on students already moved, saying some universities are still holding meetings; the deadline it set itself is Friday.

Two markers will show whether the operation holds: the 28 August deadline, and the first published count of completed transfers.