Brussels, 2019

CAEP AND MODERNIZATION OF THE

EDUCATION SYSTEM OF KAZAKHSTAN

2

KAZAKHSTAN AND CAEP COLLABORATION

Stage 2 March 2015 - March 2018

Action Plan

• Transparency and independence of External

Quality Assurance (EQA);

• Development/ Update of National System of

Qualification (NSQ) for labor market meeting

the needs;

• Internalization of higher education (including

the mechanisms of qualification recognition,

mobility and potential development of the

international affairs);

• Improved access to the EU program

Erasmus+ and the EU member states

programs on student and teacher mobility, to

collaborative projects on potential

development;

• Administration, strategic planning and

guidance of HEIs.

3

KAZAKHSTAN AND CAEP COLLABORATION

Stage 2 March 2015 - March 2018

Involvement

PARTICIPATION IN REGIONAL

CONFERENCES;

PARTICIPATION IN WORKSHOPS;

PARTICIPATION IN NATIONAL

SESSIONS;

PARTICIPATION IN PEER

LEARNING MEETINGS;

PARTICIPATION IN WEBINARS;

PARTICIPATION IN MEETINGS OF

MINISTERS OF CA AND EU.

4

The 2ND MEETING CA AND EU MINISTERS FOR EDUCATION

The 2nd meeting of CA and EU Ministers for

education was held on June 23, 2017 in Astana

The meeting concluded with the Astana

Declaration adoption

The CA ministers for education (Kazakhstan,

Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan,

Uzbekistan), delegation representatives and

EU Embassies, state-secretaries and other

ministers and officials from Belgium, Germany,

Greece, Spain, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania,

Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia,

Finland, France, Czech Republic and Estonia

took part

TRANSPARENCY AND

INDEPENDENCE MECHANISMS

EXTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE (EQA)

TRANSPARENCY AND INDEPENDENCE OF (EQA)

Stage 1 • Accreditation has started in 2001 in Kazakhstan

• The procedure was named State Accreditation

• Accreditation was carried out on 27 statistic indicators

• The National Accreditation Center of MES RK creation• The 1st Institutional Accreditation• Creation of the First National Accreditation Agency• Bologna Declaration Signing

Stage 2

• State Accreditation functions was transferred to independent competitive environment• Creation of the Second National Accreditation Agency• Approved National Register of accreditation bodies

Stage 3

• State Certification is completely replaced by institutional and specialized accreditation• Updated Register of accreditation bodies: 6 Kazakh and 4 foreign agencies• Entry of two National Agencies to European network - ENQA and EQAR• Kazakhstan participation in EQAR General Assembly• Positioning of Kazakhstan HEIs in international ratings• Involvement in CAEP events (Stage 1 and Stage 2)

Stage 4

Stage5

• Update of the Rules for the recognition of accreditation bodies, including registration ofrecognized accreditation bodies, accredited educational organizations and educationalprograms

• Service «Accreditation procedure» excluded from Government procurement

Register 1.

List of accreditation bodies

Register 2.

List of accredited educational

organizations

Register 3.

List of accredited educational programs

TRANSPARENCY AND INDEPENDENCE MECHANISMS EQA

10 ACCREDITATION

BODIES

6 Kazakh agencies

4 foreign agencies

2 2 4 6

8 8 64

2015 2016 2017 2018

National agencies International agencies

Register 1

Order of the MES of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated

October 4, 2018 No. 531 On approval of the Rules for the

recognition of accreditation bodies, including registration of

recognized accreditation bodies, accredited educational

organizations and educational programs

TRANSPARENCY AND INDEPENDENCE MECHANISMS EQA

7296 101 110

2015 2016 2017 2018

The number of HEIs that have passed institutional accreditation

40

68

1 1

IAAR IQAA ACQUIN MusiQue

The number of HEIs that have passed accreditation, in the context of agencies,

2018

1032

181

49

Institutional accreditation,in terms of HEIs, 2018

National HEIsState HEIsJoint-stock HEIsInternational HEIPrivate HEIs

93%Kazakh universities

have institutional accreditation

8

6286 92 105

2015 2016 2017 2018

The number of universities that have passed specialized accreditation, units

89%Kazakh universities

have specialized accreditation

1

10

19

30

45

International HEI

National HEIs

Joint-stock HEIs

State HEIs

Private HEIs

Specialized accreditation in the context of universities, units

2111

1214

316

Bachelor

Master studies

PhD doctoral studies

Number of accredited EP by level of study

accredited

educational programs

3641

TRANSPARENCY AND INDEPENDENCE MECHANISMS EQA

9

DEVELOPMENT/ UPDATE OF

NATIONAL SYSTEM OF QUALIFICATION (NSQ)

FOR LABOUR MARKET MEETING THE NEEDS

PS

IC

SQF

NQF

Educational programs

Professional community

Professional community

Academic and professional

community

Academic community with

employers

Academic community

NSQ

Evaluation of learning outcomes

Independent Certification

(Qualification Exam) Professional community

Education

environment

Labour

Market

EQF 1

EQF 2

EQF 3

EQF 4

EQF 5

EQF 6

EQF 7

EQF 8

1. Primary education

0. Pre-school education and training

2. Basic secondary education

3. General secondary education

4. Technical and vocational education

Secondary

education

5. Post-secondary education

6. Higher education (bachelor)

7. Master studies

8. PhD doctoral studies Post-graduate

education

NQF 1

NQF 2

NQF 3

NQF 4

NQF 5

NQF 6

NQF 7

NQF 8

NATIONAL QUALIFICATION FRAMEWORK OF KAZAKHSTAN

• Approved NQF RK (2012)

• Updated NQF RK (2016)

Work on NQF in Kazakhstan

Changes to Labor Code from 2015 are as “NQF RK development produced by the Ministries of

Labor and Education, approved by republican commission on social partnership and regulation

of social and labor relations”. The participants of republican commission are the

representatives of the Republic of Kazakhstan Government (7 pers.), republican association of

workers (7 pers..) and republican association of employers (7 pers.).

• National Qualification Framework is comparable to

European Qualification Framework

• Preparation to self-certification

• Kazakhstan is the Co-Chair of Expert group in

qualification framework (Expert group A NQF Bologna

Implementation Coordination Group)

• NSQ concept till 2025

INTERNALIZATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION

(INCLUDING THE MECHANISMS OF

QUALIFICATION RECOGNITION, MOBILITY AND

POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS)

STUDENT MOBILITY

In 2018, 2447 people studied abroad

under the student mobility program

(budget and extrabudget)

Budget - 621 people:

• 447 Bachelor students,

• 172 Master degree students,

• 2 PhD.

Extrabudget – 1826 people:

• 1612 Bachelor students,

• 201 Master degree students,

• 13 PhD

1203629 399

25 191

Europe CIS Asia USA Other

External outbound student mobility in the context of regions, budget and extrabudget,

pers., 2018

2059373 15

Bachelor Master Doctorate

External outbound student mobility in the context of the form of education, budget

and extrabudget, persons, 2018

350 662 746 805 909 951 732 621

842 9761420 1522 1778 1826

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018budget extrabudget

External outbound student mobility,

person

Top managers – 33 people

Host universities – 28

Countries - 21

Budget – 502,3 mln.tg.

ATTRACTING FOREIGN STAFF AND TOP MANAGERS, 2018

The percentage of the effectiveness of top managers, %

01010

203030

404040

50505050505050

6060606060

707070

808080808080

9090

100100

Sheraz Mukhammad/KBTU*

Stoilov Yanaki /KazHJIU

John Howard /TSPU

Talal Avvad/ENU

Dmitriy Kovtunenko /KBTU

Dainus Pavalkis/NMU

Stiven Hagen /EKSTU

Christo Kaftangiyev/KazHJIU

Udin Viktor/AUNG

Dababrata Narayan /KSUTI

Gi Riba/КATU

Ram Virandzh/PSU

Sandip Sharma/SU Shakarim

Anna Banchkovska/WKSU

Eva Smetanova/КSPU

Rafis Abazov/KazNU

Gita Revalde/АUPET

* Working period 2 weeks

Foreign staff (budget and

extrabudget) – 842 people

Host universities – 72

Countries – 51

NUMBER OF INVITED FOREIGN SCIENTISTS UNDER

THE UNIVERSITY OF RK, PEOPLE

271286

33

132 120

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

NationalHEIs

State HEIs InternationalHEI

Joint-stockHEIs

Private HEIs

NATIONAL ERASMUS+ OFFICE IN KAZAKHSTAN

2015-2018

40 PROJECTSincluding 31 mutual, 9 structural

BUDGET

35,5 MLN EURO

47

KAZAKHSTAN HEIs in ERASMUS +

PROJECTS

PROJECT COORDINATORS

3 KAZAKHSTAN HEIs

The National Team of Higher Education Reform

Experts (HEREs) in Kazakhstan

ADMINISTRATION, STRATEGIC PLANNING

AND GUIDANCE OF HEIs

KAZAKHSTAN HIGHER EDUCATION REFORMS

Total number of universities

131

Degrees

Academic year

2016-2017 2017-2018 2018-2019

Bachelor`s 31 700 37 932 53 594

Master`s 7 400 10 004 12 504

Doctorate 628 1 285 2 240

Total 39 728 49 221 68 338

37932

100041285

4922153594

125042240

68338

0

20000

40000

60000

80000

Bachelor`s Master`s Doctorate Total

2017-2018

2018-2019

State funding for

training (pers)

University Status:

National HEIs – 11

State HEIs – 31

Joint-stock HEIs - 19

Private HEIs - 54

International HEI - 1

Non-civil HEIs- 14

Autonomous Educational Organization - 1

A NEW STAGE OF STATE POLICY DEVELOPMENT IN EDUCATION ENVIRONMENT

Law of 4 July 2018 № 171-VІ ЗРК

«On amendments to certain Republic’s of Kazakhstan legislative acts concerning

expansion of academic and managerial independence in higher education

institutions»

68 NLA

MES RK– 56 (9 GR RK, 47 orders)

• Obtaining of academic freedom in ]development of

educational programs

• expansion of managerial independence through the

transition to the Non-commercial joint-stock organization

• increasing the efficiency of activity through accountability

to corporate bodies

• diversification of income sources and financial flows

• introduction of modern methods to management and

budgeting

• expansion of international cooperation

• attracting investment in development of HEIs:

(endowment fund, foreign affiliates)

NEW FUNCTIONING AND ACTIVITIES OF HEIs

16 TYPES OF COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY

24 INDEPENDENT FUNCTIONS TO ALL HEIs

2 SEPARATE FUNCTIONS FOR HEIs WITH SPECIAL STATUS

Academic autonomy

Personnel autonomy

Managerial autonomy

Financial autonomy

ACADEMIC INDEPENDENCE (1)

4. Establish and approval of rules for the organization and conduct of

professional practice and the rules for determining organizations as bases

of practice.

2. Implementation of educational activities on the basis of independently

developed norms of academic load, forms and wage levels.

3. Establish and approval of rules for admission to the organization of

higher and (or) postgraduate education.

1. Establish and approval of educational programs of higher and

postgraduate education in accordance with State Compulsory Education

Standards.

ACADEMIC INDEPENDENCE (2)

5. Development and approval of rules for the transfer and recovery of

students in accordance with the model rules for the activities of

organizations of higher and (or) postgraduate education.

6. The assignment of academic leave to students on the basis of the

conclusion of the medical advisory committee, the agenda for recruitment,

birth, adoption (adoption) of the child until he reaches the age of three

years.

7. Conducting ongoing monitoring of progress, intermediate and final

certification of students in accordance with the model rules for the

activities of organizations of higher and (or) postgraduate education.

8. The introduction of modern forms of vocational training.

PERSONNEL INDEPENDENCE

1. Definition of qualification characteristics of positions of employees of

organizations of higher and (or) postgraduate education in accordance

with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

2. Establish and approval of rules for competitive filling of faculty and

research positions.

3. Providing capacity building and retraining of personnel in the manner

established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

MANAGEMENT INDEPENDENCE

5. Establish and approval of the forms of the contract for the provision of

educational services and the contract for the conduct of professional

practice.

1. Establish of program for the development of a higher and (or)

postgraduate education organization;

4. Creating branches in foreign countries;

3. Opening start-up companies;

2. Creation of legal entities for scientific and educational activities from

extrabudgetary sources of funding;

FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE

4. Attracting additional sources of financial and material resources for the

implementation of statutory activities.

1. Independent financial, material and technical support, including

equipment.

2. The provision of financial statements in the manner prescribed by the

legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

3. Creating an endowment fund.

WAYS OF FURTHER COOPERATION

WAYS OF FURTHER COOPERATION: NSQ

• 17-18 January, 2019 study visit to Academic

Information Center, Riga (Latvia)

• Signing of a Memorandum of Cooperation

between the Center and AIC

Cooperation area:

• recognition of educational credentials

and professional qualifications, including

regulated professions;

• national qualification framework;

• non-formal education;

• improving the quality of higher

education.

Recognition of Foreign Education Documents

29

52%

8%5%

1%

20%

4%4% 1% 1% 2% 2%

Total number of documents for recognition 16003 (2018)86% documents from CA countries and Russia

Uzbekistan

Kyrgyzstan

Turkmenistan

Tajikistan

Russia

China

India

Mongolia

Afghanistan

Europe

Others

PROPOSALS FOR NEW STAGE OF THE CAEP PROJECT

Harmonization of Central Asian education systems based on the

principles of the Bologna process

Expanding the recognition of education certificates

Digitalization, by creating a database of educational documents

Effective financing of educational systems and educational institutions

Qualifications framework and standards

Quality assurance and accreditation

The employment sector and the needs of the labor market

Innovative teaching methods

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Ministry of education and science of Republic of Kazakhstan

Bologna process and academic mobility center

Thank you for your attention!