Development of the Credit System in Kazakhstan

Authors

  • Aray Kozyevna Ilyassova-Schoenfeld Nazarbayev University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6017/ihe.2019.97.10952

Keywords:

Kazakhstan, Bologna Process, credit system, ECTS

Abstract

Since independence in 1991, Kazakhstan has had the aim to increase the quality of its higher education. The system has a strong Soviet educational legacy. By constantly reforming its educational system, Kazakhstan has attempted to become a part of both the European and the American systems. The credit system employed at Kazakhstani universities is unique. It evolved from a time when graduates of the Soviet educational system were required to prove their qualifications and degrees by calculating or converting their learning hours into international grading systems. It took a long journey before Kazakhstan introduced its own credit system model, preserving the country’s political, ideological, economic, social and cultural background.

Author Biography

Aray Kozyevna Ilyassova-Schoenfeld, Nazarbayev University

Dr. Aray Ilyassova-Schoenfeld, PhD EDUCATION BACKGROUND: Ph.D., Public Policy, The University of Nottingham, UK, (July, 2017); MA., Public Policy, The University of Nottingham, UK, (2010); Specialist., International Relations, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Astana, (2008). PhD thesis July 2017 - PhD thesis submitted: Aray Ilyassova-Schoenfeld (2017). The applicability of the policy transfer framework to understanding higher education reforms in Kazakhstan: the case of the Bologna Process (electronic version of the thesis will be publicly available after 14 July 2017 at http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/etheses/) WORK EXPERIENCE: Since January 2018 to present -Postdoctoral Scholar, Graduate School of Public Policy, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan.

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Published

2019-03-13

How to Cite

Ilyassova-Schoenfeld, A. K. (2019). Development of the Credit System in Kazakhstan. International Higher Education, (97), 28–30. https://doi.org/10.6017/ihe.2019.97.10952

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Countries and Regions