The Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan

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The Ministry of Education and Science of the
Republic of Kazakhstan
Higher Education in Kazakhstan Challenges and
solutions Vice-Minister of Education and
Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan Aidar
Zhakupov
March 2010
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The Ministry of Education and Science of the
Republic of Kazakhstan
The Republic of Kazakhstan joined the European
Cultural Convention on 5 March 2010 Kazakhstan
joined the Bologna Declaration at the II Bologna
Ministerial Forum on 11 March 2010 in Budapest
(Hungary)
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The Ministry of Education and Science of the
Republic of Kazakhstan
National priorities in the development of
higher and postgraduate education 1. High
quality development of the three-cycle model of
specialists training 2. Organization of the
academic process of the universities on the basis
of credit technology 3. Development of the
Kazakhstani credit transfer system in line with
the ECTS 4. Development of academic mobility 5.
Development of the system of education quality
assurance specialized and institutional
accreditation 6. Introduction of principles of
the corporate management at the higher
educational institutions 7. Active participation
of the Kazakhstani higher educational
institutions in various national and
international ratings.
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The Index of Development of the Education for All
(IDE) ?
On data of the World Report of UNESCO on
Education for All monitoring for 2009
Overcoming an inequality Important role of
management
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KAZAKHSTAN IN THE WORLD EDUCATIONAL SPACE
For the first time in the history in 2009
Kazakhstan entered the List of countries with the
high level of the Human Development Index (UNDP
Report, 2009 Overcoming the barrier humans
mobility and development)?
Middle level of IHD
High level of IHD
Very high level of IHD
China
Russia
Norway
Ukraine
Turkey
USA
France
Turkmenistan
Kyrgyzstan
Uzbekistan
Kazakhstan
Belarus
Malaysia
Germany
Australia
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Global Index of competitive ability, 2009 (GIC)?
According to 7 educative measures of GIC
Kazakhstan amended its position in the rating.
Quality of elementary education
Domestic access of specialized scientific
pedagogical personnel
Availability of scientists a nd engineers
Coverage with a secondary education
Quality of Mathematic and Scientific Education
Ability to innovations
Personnel trainings
Expenses for education
Quality of the System of Education
Quality of management in schools
- Improvement
- 2009
- 2008
- stability
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Forms of property of higher educational
institutions
145 higher educational institutions
state higher educational institutions of
special status (national) 9
state higher educational institutions 33
non-civilian higher educational institutions
13
private higher educational institutions 90
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CURRENT STATE OF HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
Undergraduate students 610 214
study on the state scholarship basis - 141 852
study on the tuition paid basis 468 362
Number of students 422,5 (per 10,000
population) Number of professors 39
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Expenditures on education
Expenditures on education as a of GDP
Total as a of GDP
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The National Education Quality Assessment
System
National Education Quality Assessment Center
NATIONAL TESTING CENTER?
Republican Scientific- Methodological Center
for Vocational and Technical Education
Development and Qualification Awards
Infrastructure of National Education Quality
Assessment System (NEQAS)?
National Accreditation Center
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The National Reports 2007 - 2009
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Higher Education
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Nazarbayevs University

• Signed the Agreement with the University College
  London (UCL) on opening of the preparatory school
  of the Nazarbayevs University
• Concluded Memorandums with the Duke University,
  Carnegie Mellon University, University of
  Pittsburgh

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Academical mobility
STUDYING
USA
Great Britain
Netherlands
Germany
Australia
Malasia
Canada
China
Switzerland
Japan
France
Sweden and etc.
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The Bolashak International Scholarship of the
President of the Republic of Kazakhstan
16.10.08
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SUPPORT OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS

• 200 annual grants are awarded at the expense of
  the republican budget for research and
  professional development abroad
• USD 18 000 worth grant awarded on a competitive
  basis
• data on 253 best professors is available on the
  web-site of the Ministry

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The national model of accreditation has been
developed

• The following types of accreditation have
  been developed in the Republic of Kazakhstan
• - Institutional accreditation
• - Specialized accreditation
• 9 higher educational institutions have
  passed the national institutional accreditation
  

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The Ministry of Education and Science of the
Republic of Kazakhstan

• The number of elective disciplines has
  been increased in order to expand the academic
  freedom of the higher educational institutions of
  the Republic of Kazakhstan.
• The HEIs have a right to choose 60-70
  of content of the educational programs

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The Ministry of Education and Science of the
Republic of Kazakhstan
Thank you for your attention!