Kazakhstan is ranked 112 in Quality of Education Rating

Kazakhstan is ranked 112 in the Quality of Education rating. Zheksenbek Adilov, Rector (president of one of the colleges) of Satpayev Kazakh National Technical University, commented on Kazakhstan’s position in the World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Competitiveness Report’s Quality of Education rating in STV channel’s show called “Professionals Talk”. According to him, the reasons behind such a low ranking are low level of language proficiency and poor management of education institutions of all levels and insufficient quality of high school graduates’ training. Zheksenbek Adilov said that the requirement for English language proficiency was becoming more essential every year. English language skills would have allowed Kazakhstan students to take part in international conferences and publish their research papers, articles and reports in English. This would have a positive impact on Kazakhstan higher education in engineering especially. Supervisory boards are being created in colleges and universities to improve the quality of management of the higher education institutions in line with the amendments in the Education Law of Kazakhstan. According to Adilov, four Supervisory Boards in four National Universities have been established recently. A special Guardian Council works in Kazakh National Technical University. The main tasks of these councils and boards are to ensure openness and transparency of their university’s activities, improve the education process and quality of education, facilitate improvement of educational equipment, technical and material resources of the University.