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After completing secondary school, students may continue their
education at one of the dozens of specialized institutes or at
Turkmenistan State University in Ashgabat. Admittance into higher
education institutions often is extremely competitive, and personal
connections and bribes may play a role in gaining entry and later
advancement. Prospective students must pass a lengthy, pressure-packed
entrance examination. Like all the other tests and evaluations in the
educational system, this examination consists of both written and oral
parts.
Completion of a course of study in higher institutions may take up to
five years. Attempts are being made to decrease the number of years one
must study so that young women may finish their higher education by their
twentieth or twenty-first birthday, by which time they are expected to be
married. Graduate study is an option for outstanding students at the
university or in one of the Academy of Science's many research institutes.
The recently formed Council of Higher Education supervises Turkmenistan
State University, the republic's eight institutes, and its two pedagogical
institutes; these institutes are located in Ashgabat, with the exception
of a pedagogical institute in Chärjew. These higher education
institutions served 41,700 students in 1991, of which 8,000 were enrolled
in the state university. Some institutes that train professionals for
specific sectors of the national economy fall under the aegis of the
relevant ministries. An education committee also functions under the
president of the republic.
Data as of March 1996
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