Education Minister Beishenaliev outlines needed reforms in secondary and higher education spheres

AKIPRESS.COM - The draft of the educaiton development strategy until 2040 has been developed already, Minister of Education and Science Almazbek Beishenaliev told AKIpess.
"I intend to resolve the problem of textbook publishing for schools, since quality textbooks are one of the main components of the learning process," Minister Almazbek Beishenaliev said.
The Minister said a special attention will be also paid to training of teachers and serious reforms are needed here.
"The mechanism of evaluation of performance of each school principal, kindergarten director, heads of local education departments will be introduced. The informed decisions will be made on the basis of the obtained results. This mechanism will allow to carry out proper staff policy in education sector," the Minister said.
A particular attention will be paid to creation of a new professional education system in primary and secondary professional education sectors, which would meet requirements of the labor market, society and the state, Minister Beishenaliev stated.
"The system will interact with employers when building content, practices and learning outcomes, in improvement of education quality, its attractiveness and demand," the Minister explained.
The main emphasis in development of higher education will be made on change of the quality of education in line with international standards and changing requirements for skills and knowledge of graduates. A special attention will be paid to switch to applied research, improvement of quality of research activities in universities and cost effectiveness of research projects.
"The important areas in modernization of higher education will be improvement of quality, organization of learning process built upon research projects and labor market requirements, improvement of situation with academic freedom, autonomy and honesty," Minister Beishenaliev told AKIpress.