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Kyrgyzstan
Index
Once independence was achieved, the Ministry of Education began working
energetically to revamp the old Soviet course of study. The ministry is
responsible for developing curriculum, setting national standards and
educational policy, developing certification examinations, and awarding
degrees. The ministry is divided into departments for general education,
higher education, and material support. Below the ministry level, the
education hierarchy includes the six provinces and the separate city of
Bishkek, representatives from each of which provide input to the ministry
on local conditions. The level of basic local administration is the
district (rayon ), where the district education officer hires
faculty and appoints school inspectors and methodology specialists.
General education is financed from district budgets, and the college
preparatory and higher education programs are financed by the national
budget. For the former category of expenditures, school principals
negotiate their requirements with district officials, but the central
government sets norms based on previous expenditures and on the relative
resources of the provinces. In the last years of the Soviet period,
Kyrgyzstani schools had a surplus of money, but available funds declined
sharply beginning in 1992. Since that time, insufficient funds in local
budgets have forced the Ministry of Education to make special requests for
support from the Ministry of Economics and Finance.
Data as of March 1996
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