The impact of standardized testing on university entrance issues in Kyrgyzstan

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dc.contributor.authorShamatov, Duishon
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-13T05:06:03Z
dc.date.available2015-10-13T05:06:03Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractIn Kyrgyzstan, the breakup of the USSR raised many issues related to equity and fairness in education, one of which is the distribution of public funds to support scholarship admissions to higher education institutions. After 1992, public institutions could begin to charge tuition fees, but as a legacy of the USSR, Kyrgyzstan continues providing “budget-funded places” (public scholarships) for higher education study. In recent years, the number of these scholarships has been shrinking, resulting in increased competition for budget-funded places, and unfortunately, their distribution has been unfair and discriminatory against students from remote regions and poorer families. To address these issues, the merit-based National Scholarship Test (NST) was introduced in 2002 to identify the most deserving youth, irrespective of where they live and their backgrounds. Moreover, as a crucial part of the test implementation, quota categories have been introduced to ensure the proportional representation of youth from various geographic backgrounds at institutions of higher education. In the years since its introduction the NST has achieved both successes and setbacks. Generally considered a huge step forward, the NST has been able to impact equity in education on a broad scale. However, challenges still remain.ru_RU
dc.identifier.issn1056–4934 (print)/1944–7086 (online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://nur.nu.edu.kz/handle/123456789/341
dc.language.isoenru_RU
dc.publisherM.E. Sharpe, Incru_RU
dc.subjectEuropean educationru_RU
dc.subjectKyrgyz education in the Soviet eraru_RU
dc.subjectKyrgyz educationru_RU
dc.subjectSoviet Unionru_RU
dc.subjectnational scholarshipru_RU
dc.subjectpost-Soviet Kyrgyzstanru_RU
dc.subjectnational scholarship testingru_RU
dc.subjectthe impact of standardized testingru_RU
dc.subjectResearch Subject Categories::SOCIAL SCIENCES::Social sciences::Educationru_RU
dc.titleThe impact of standardized testing on university entrance issues in Kyrgyzstanru_RU
dc.typeArticleru_RU

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