It is 1,700 km west of the capital city of Ulaanbaatar. There are many people in our province who have never visited the capital city. A one-way airticket is almost equal to a month's salary for teachers. Bayan-Ulgi is the only province of Mongolia that is predominantly Kazakh. Our school is a typical provincial subdistrict school with 22 teachers and 360 children.
Children come to school from different remote places.
Some stay in dormitory, others come to school on horseback. All subjects in our school are taught in the Kazakh language. Despite the isolation and remoteness from the provincial centre, teachers are very committed to their work at the school. Teaching is a job respected by others. I teach in the fourth grade.