Comments on: Education spending boost http://kazakhstan.neweurasia.net/2006/05/26/education-spending-boost/ neweurasia\'s Kazakhstan blog Fri, 4 Jul 2008 13:22:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: kazakhstan.neweurasia.net » Does Quantity Mean Quality? Education in Kazakhstan http://kazakhstan.neweurasia.net/2006/05/26/education-spending-boost/#comment-4401 kazakhstan.neweurasia.net » Does Quantity Mean Quality? Education in Kazakhstan Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:47:16 +0000 http://kazakhstan.neweurasia.net/2006/05/26/education-spending-boost/#comment-4401 [...] Ben reported back in May that Kazakhstan is to increase spending on science development by 25 times until 2012, reaching 350 billion tenge, and recetly we found out that Nazarbayev announced that by 2012, Kazakhstan’s science budget would constitute 5% of its GDP. All-round installation of modern information technologies into the educational process will be a central component element of education reforming system. President has made public a decision to open a new international university as well. [...] […] Ben reported back in May that Kazakhstan is to increase spending on science development by 25 times until 2012, reaching 350 billion tenge, and recetly we found out that Nazarbayev announced that by 2012, Kazakhstan’s science budget would constitute 5% of its GDP. All-round installation of modern information technologies into the educational process will be a central component element of education reforming system. President has made public a decision to open a new international university as well. […]

]]> By: kazakhstan.neweurasia.net » Overview of Kazakh Blogosphere http://kazakhstan.neweurasia.net/2006/05/26/education-spending-boost/#comment-1559 kazakhstan.neweurasia.net » Overview of Kazakh Blogosphere Wed, 21 Jun 2006 21:29:57 +0000 http://kazakhstan.neweurasia.net/2006/05/26/education-spending-boost/#comment-1559 [...] Only 5.2% of readers of Kazakh.ru blog that allows people to start their own voting on any topic, assessed the level of education in Kazakhstan as very good, and 54% are positive about international marriages. [...] […] Only 5.2% of readers of Kazakh.ru blog that allows people to start their own voting on any topic, assessed the level of education in Kazakhstan as very good, and 54% are positive about international marriages. […]

]]> By: Stavros http://kazakhstan.neweurasia.net/2006/05/26/education-spending-boost/#comment-1216 Stavros Fri, 26 May 2006 17:23:26 +0000 http://kazakhstan.neweurasia.net/2006/05/26/education-spending-boost/#comment-1216 Was living in Taldykorgan the closest city to Tekeli where the Kazakhstan campus of the Central Asian University is to be located. Really doesn't seem like it's moving very fast and I went to Tekeli, will be hard to say the least to recruit and keep good people. Appears to be the same old make an announcement and then try to put it together. Comes back again to the whole notion of planning. Was living in Taldykorgan the closest city to Tekeli where the Kazakhstan campus of the Central Asian University is to be located. Really doesn’t seem like it’s moving very fast and I went to Tekeli, will be hard to say the least to recruit and keep good people.

Appears to be the same old make an announcement and then try to put it together. Comes back again to the whole notion of planning.

]]> By: Leila http://kazakhstan.neweurasia.net/2006/05/26/education-spending-boost/#comment-1212 Leila Fri, 26 May 2006 12:31:38 +0000 http://kazakhstan.neweurasia.net/2006/05/26/education-spending-boost/#comment-1212 In 1997, Governments of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, together with Aga-Khan Foundation, signed an international treaty establishing the University of Central Asia (http://www.akdn.org/uca/uca.htm). Its campuses should be situated in 3 countries and studies will mostly deal with economic development. Government officials are supposed to be among the students. This is another pricy education initiative, which does not have clear outcomes. It is not known whether the Kyrgyz Government will stay in, and where will the Faculty will recruited from. However, it looks good on paper. In 1997, Governments of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, together with Aga-Khan Foundation, signed an international treaty establishing the University of Central Asia (http://www.akdn.org/uca/uca.htm). Its campuses should be situated in 3 countries and studies will mostly deal with economic development. Government officials are supposed to be among the students.

This is another pricy education initiative, which does not have clear outcomes. It is not known whether the Kyrgyz Government will stay in, and where will the Faculty will recruited from. However, it looks good on paper.

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