Comments on: In dire need of professionals http://kazakhstan.neweurasia.net/2006/01/25/in-dire-need-of-professionals/ neweurasia\'s Kazakhstan blog Mon, 8 Sep 2008 13:37:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: kazakhstan.neweurasia.net » Blog Archive » Education spending boost http://kazakhstan.neweurasia.net/2006/01/25/in-dire-need-of-professionals/#comment-1209 kazakhstan.neweurasia.net » Blog Archive » Education spending boost Fri, 26 May 2006 10:01:19 +0000 http://kazakhstan.neweurasia.net/2006/01/25/in-dire-need-of-professionals/#comment-1209 [...] The increase in spending for higher education goes alongside a demise of practical skills teaching. Vocational schools have seen a drop in enrolment figures, despite the high demand for skilled labour in the booming economy. This is partly due to the fact that vocational schools derive 70% of their funding from local budgets. While certain considerably better-off oblasts could maintain funding levels for vocational schools, others (incidentally those with the highest unemployment rates) had to cut down drastically on education spending. [...] […] The increase in spending for higher education goes alongside a demise of practical skills teaching. Vocational schools have seen a drop in enrolment figures, despite the high demand for skilled labour in the booming economy. This is partly due to the fact that vocational schools derive 70% of their funding from local budgets. While certain considerably better-off oblasts could maintain funding levels for vocational schools, others (incidentally those with the highest unemployment rates) had to cut down drastically on education spending. […]

]]> By: Ben http://kazakhstan.neweurasia.net/2006/01/25/in-dire-need-of-professionals/#comment-125 Ben Sat, 28 Jan 2006 09:17:35 +0000 http://kazakhstan.neweurasia.net/2006/01/25/in-dire-need-of-professionals/#comment-125 Thanks for the update WLB. 2,000 Bolashaks each year? That must cost a lot of money... However, good to see a new focus on more practical subjects. Thanks for the update WLB. 2,000 Bolashaks each year? That must cost a lot of money… However, good to see a new focus on more practical subjects.

]]> By: WLB http://kazakhstan.neweurasia.net/2006/01/25/in-dire-need-of-professionals/#comment-122 WLB Fri, 27 Jan 2006 02:49:25 +0000 http://kazakhstan.neweurasia.net/2006/01/25/in-dire-need-of-professionals/#comment-122 A correction--in his state of the union address last year, Nazarbayev increased the number of Bolashakers up to 3,000. They sent out almost 2000 this year. And while previously the approved fields of study were economics, management, etc... the new lists includes bachelors in technical and professional skills and even the arts, journalism, etc.. In general your analysis is very good, and it's a huge subject that needs to be addressed. A correction–in his state of the union address last year, Nazarbayev increased the number of Bolashakers up to 3,000. They sent out almost 2000 this year. And while previously the approved fields of study were economics, management, etc… the new lists includes bachelors in technical and professional skills and even the arts, journalism, etc..

In general your analysis is very good, and it’s a huge subject that needs to be addressed.

]]> By: Baktygul http://kazakhstan.neweurasia.net/2006/01/25/in-dire-need-of-professionals/#comment-120 Baktygul Thu, 26 Jan 2006 05:40:08 +0000 http://kazakhstan.neweurasia.net/2006/01/25/in-dire-need-of-professionals/#comment-120 It is exciting that educational problems started to hold a serious attention of people since it is essential, though there is much more essential thing, that is, as American writer, Stephen King, has written in his book "On Writing," - "...nobody talks about the language..." I would like, because the ordinary workers can become qualified engineers by learning the profession through language that should help them easily absorb the information by clearly written books. The guidance books, sources or cources, whatever books in kazakh, russian and english should be available for the learners. A citizen at any age should have a possibility to learn mathimatics through understandable language written in books, which will not make not only school children to be scared and shy away from learning. It is exciting that educational problems started to hold a serious attention of people since it is essential, though there is much more essential thing, that is, as American writer, Stephen King, has written in his book “On Writing,” - “…nobody talks about the language…” I would like, because the ordinary workers can become qualified engineers by learning the profession through language that should help them easily absorb the information by clearly written books. The guidance books, sources or cources, whatever books in kazakh, russian and english should be available for the learners. A citizen at any age should have a possibility to learn mathimatics through understandable language written in books, which will not make not only school children to be scared and shy away from learning.

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