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Turkmenistan
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Although the education system in Turkmenistan retains the centralized
structural framework of the Soviet system, significant modifications are
underway, partly as a response to national redefinition, but mainly as a
result of the government's attempts to produce a highly skilled work force
to promote Turkmenistan's participation in international commercial
activities. Reforms also include cultural goals such as the writing of a
new history of Turkmenistan, the training of multilingual cadres able to
function in Turkmen, English, and Russian, and the implementation of
alphabet reform in schools.
Turkmenistan's educational establishment is funded and administered by
the state. The Ministry of Education is responsible for secondary
education and oversees about 1,800 schools offering some or all of the
secondary grades. Of that number, 43.5 percent are operated on one shift
and 56.5 percent on two shifts (primarily in cities). Secondary schools
have 66,192 teachers who serve 831,000 students. Thirty-six secondary
schools specialize in topics relevant to their ministerial affiliation.
The primary and secondary systems are being restructured according to
Western models, including shorter curricula, more vocational training, and
human resource development.
Data as of March 1996
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