In Aktau, students at Secondary School No. 20 named after Mukhtar Auezov and General Education School No. 23 are forced to attend classes in their outerwear: radiators in classrooms have remained cold since the start of the heating season, and parents are complaining about the cold and their children falling ill, the website infohub.kz reports.
According to concerned parents, children have already begun to get sick. They filed complaints with the city education department and with the organization "Kaspiy Zhylu, Su Arnasy," but the organization said there were no problems on its side.
Parents also have further questions about the situation on the school grounds, where a section has been dug up but no work is being carried out. It turned out that the problem affects not only School No. 20 but also General Education School No. 23.
The education department said both schools received readiness certificates for the heating season back at the start of the school year, and no faults were found in the buildings' internal heating systems.
"The current situation is due to the fact that the heat carrier is not being supplied in full through the external heating networks to the school buildings," the education department explained.
The department, together with the relevant organizations, is now carrying out work to resolve the problem. Heat is scheduled to be supplied to Schools No. 20 and No. 23 today.
"The temperature regime in the classrooms is under the constant control of the school administrations," the education department assured.