By order of Samarkand governor Adiz Boboyev, all streets in the city will be assigned to higher education institutions. Teachers will be required to patrol their designated sections daily, checking cleanliness, tree condition, and irrigation systems, and reporting problems to the landscaping service. This comes despite a law prohibiting the involvement of teachers in work outside their professional duties.

At a meeting with university rectors, the governor stated that each street would be assigned to a specific university. Teachers will walk their sections daily, inspecting cleanliness, sidewalks, trees, and irrigation systems, as well as identifying issues with landscaping and accessibility for people with disabilities.

"Every day one teacher will walk their street. On foot — it's also good for health. They will check cleanliness, what worries people, where a sidewalk is broken, which tree is drying up, where there is no irrigation, where the landscaping design is violated. There are thousands of such issues. You will draw up a roadmap. In two months autumn will begin, in November trees can be planted," Boboyev announced.

The administration called the initiative a "new approach to landscaping." Earlier, Boboyev criticized the condition of Mirzo Ulugbek, Bustansaray, and Rudaki streets, pointing to broken sidewalks, diseased trees, and overflowing trash bins.

The Telegram channel OtashGoh criticized the order: "Is a teacher an urbanist or a gardener? I'm sure the governor means well, but everyone knows how this will work in practice. They will draw up a schedule of who patrols when and report with photos. Is there anyone who will protect teachers?"

According to the Law "On the Status of a Teacher," it is prohibited to involve teachers in work unrelated to their professional activities, including landscaping and agricultural work. It is also forbidden to demand reports unrelated to professional duties. Involving a teacher in political and social events is only possible with their consent, based on a contract, with payment during free time.

Administrative coercion of teachers to work carries a fine of 100 to 150 times the base calculation value, and repeated violations lead to criminal liability.

Source: kun.uz