The Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan

1. The Ministry of Education and Scienceof 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

2. 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)

3. 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.

4. Raiting States IDE Coverage of Elementary Education Level of Literacy of Adults Gender Index Part of children completed 4 grades 1. Kazakhstan 0,995 0,990 0,996 0,993 1,000 2. Japan 0,994 0,998 0,992 0,998 0,990 3. Germany 0,994 0,996 1,000 0,992 0,989 4. Norway 0,994 0,981 1,000 0,996 0,999 5. Great Britain 0,993 0,996 0,998 0,989 0,990 6. Italy 0,992 0,994 0,988 0,991 0,995 20. South Korea 0,984 0,985 0,991 0,967 0,993 41. Belarus 0,969 0,899 0,997 0,987 0,992 45. Malaysia 0,965 0,999 0,915 0,952 0,993 78. Turkey 0,909 0,914 0,881 0,873 0,969 129. Chad 0,408 0,604 0,257 0,440 0,332 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» 4

5. 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 Norway Russia China France USA Turkey Ukraine Turkmenistan Australia Germany Malaysia Uzbekistan Kyrgyzstan Belarus Kazakhstan

6. 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 Quality of Mathematic and Scientific Education Domestic access of specialized scientific pedagogical personnel Availability of scientists a nd engineers Coverage with a secondary education Ability to innovations Personnel trainings Expenses for education Quality of the System of Education Quality of management in schools - Improvement - 2009 - 2008 - stability

7. Forms of property of higher educational institutions 145 higher educational institutions private higher educational institutions – 90 state higher educational institutions of special status (national) – 9 state higher educational institutions – 33 non-civilian higher educational institutions – 13

8. CURRENT STATE OF HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS Undergraduate students – 610214 study on the state scholarship basis - 141852 study on the tuition paid basis – 468 362 Number of students – 422,5 (per 10,000 population) Number of professors – 39205

9. Expenditures on education Expenditures on education as a % of GDP Total as a % of GDP

10. 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

11. The National Reports2007 - 2009

12. On 1 January 2010 Quantity of universities, realizing a two-diploma educational programs 37 Quantity of universities, teaching under credit technology 132 Quantity of universities, realizing distance learning programs 20 Quantity of universities thatsigned the Magna Charta Unviersitatum (Bologna Process) 30 Quantity of universities thatpassed the International accreditation 6 Higher Education

13. Nazarbayev’s University • Signed the Agreement with the University College London (UCL) on opening of the preparatory school of the Nazarbayev’s University • Concluded Memorandums with the Duke University, Carnegie Mellon University, University of Pittsburgh

14. 3000 Kazakhstanis study in 27 countries of the world under the Bolashak International Program 10 500 foreign students from 45 countries of the world study in the Republic of Kazakhstan Harvard University Yale University China USA Cambridge University Oxford University Russia Pakistan Massachusetts Institute of Technology Turkey Germany India Cuba Imperial College London Poland Uzbekistan University College London Syria Tadjikistan Mongolia Turkmenistan Chicago University Iraq South Korea, and etc. Columbian University California Institute of Technology, and etc. • More than25 000 of Kazakhstanis study abroad on their own expenses Academical mobility STUDYING USA Great Britain Netherlands Germany Australia Malasia Canada China Switzerland Japan France Sweden and etc.

15. Medicine 16% Economy and management 11,3% Exact and natural sciences (biotechnology, nano-technology , chemistry) - 16% Priority specialities Social science 11,3% Art 3,4% Engineering sciences (space sciences, the petrochemical industry) ‏ 37% Agriculture and agrotechnology 5% The Bolashak International Scholarship of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan 16.10.08 15

16. 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 SUPPORT OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS

17. 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 The national model of accreditation has been developed

18. 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 The Ministry of Education and Scienceof the Republic of Kazakhstan

19. The Ministry of Education and Scienceof the Republic of Kazakhstan Thank you for your attention!