AKIPRESS.COM - Six professional educational institutions function in penitentiary institutions of Kyrgyzstan, Minister of Education and Science Dogdurkul Kendirbaeva said at the meeting of the Parliament Committee for Social Policy on April 1.

13 minors study in 4 of them, Minister Kendirbaeva said.

"Conditions for obtaining education in 22 specialties are provided for more than 1000 inmates. They are mainly trained as hairdressers, computer operators, seamstresses, shoemakers in view of labor market demand," the Minister of Education said.