Kazakhstan
AME EDUCATION
SECTOR PROFILE
Education Structure
Source: World Development Indicators, UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
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Education System Structure and Enrollments 2008
Education Structure
Education Configuration and Enrollment Percentages 2008
Classification Level/Grade Ages % Net Enrollment
% Gross Enrollment
Pre-primary Pre-school 3-6 39% 39%
Pre-university
Primary, grades 1-4 7-10 90% 109%
Lower Secondary, grades 5-9 11-15
86%*
103%Upper secondary, grades 10-12 16-18 72%TVET secondary, grades 10-12
16-18 6%**
TertiaryUndergraduate study 18-22
N/A 47%Post graduate study 22+
* Includes all levels of secondary. **As percentage of total general secondary.
• Compulsory education age in Kazakhstan is from 7-17.•Gross enrollments over 100% indicate many overage children accessing education
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, World Bank EdStats
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Education Access: Pre-university
• Primary and secondary net enrollments have grown little since 2000. • Lower secondary has increased 14% over the last eight years mostly because of over-aged children entering the system.
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, World Bank EdStats
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Education Access: Tertiary
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Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
• The number of 4 year students in tertiary education has almost doubled since 2000 while the number of students studying for an advanced degree has declined by more than half.
Education Access: Gender
• Boys’ and girls’ enrollments strangely mirror each other for the most part. • Secondary enrollments for both groups are declining 2-3% every 2 years.
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Source: World Bank EdStats
Education Quality: Completion
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Source: World Bank EdStats
• Boys’ and girls’ completion rates follow similar patterns.• Girls complete in slightly higher numbers than do boys.
Education Quality: Testing
•Kazakhstan participated in the TIMSS 2007 for grade 4.
• Kazakhstan ranked 5th out of 36 participating countries on the math survey with an average score of 549.
• Grade 4 Kazakh students achieved an average score of 533 on the science survey and were ranked 11 out of 36 participating countries.
• 95% of Kazakh students who took the surveys placed from the lowest to the highest benchmarks.
•19% of Kazakh students placed in the advanced benchmark of 625 on the math survey.
Source: Trends in International Math and Science Study 2007
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Education Efficiency: Expenditure
Source: World Bank EdStats. Government of Republic of Kazakhstan www. en.government.kz
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• The Kazakhstan government spent 3.6% of the GDP (2007) and 12.1% of total government spending (2005) on education.
Education Efficiency: Repetition
Source: World Bank EdStats
• Primary repetition is extremely minimal at 0.1%.
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