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• Indian Medical Students Like Kazakhstan

  An article I’ve had sitting around in my inbox waiting to be posted on. What’s interesting about this article is that Kazakhstan is popular among Indian students, although the main point is that the Medical Council of India has tightened restrictions for students who study abroad. It’s a bit sad that Almaty Medical Institute, one […]

  3/26/10 • (2)

• Jeopardy Part II

  I wrote earlier about one of my educational projects with an ESL teacher here in Kazakhstan. We designed an Jeopardy game in .html to have some fun with kids. Well, implementation didn’t go so well. A lot of teachers found it hard to work with because you had to edit so many different files and […]

  11/07/09 • (Comments Off on Jeopardy Part II)

• What Exactly is Banned?

  According to an article by Interfax, wearing the hijab in Kazakhstan schools is forbidden. Apparently a student in Taraz wanted to wear one and the school administration did not allow her to, citing rules regarding the school uniform and the Taraz city education department supported this decision. Interestingly, apparently the Minster of Justice wrote on […]

  10/02/09 • (1)

• Plagarism in the US

  I wrote earlier about essay mills in Kazakhstan, where people write papers for students. While it is widely believed that former Soviet countries are more prone to cheating and corruption than Western nations, I found this interesting video tour of a US essay mill website from the Chronicle of Higher Education. So it’s not just […]

  5/13/09 • (Comments Off on Plagarism in the US)

• Census Ended

  The 2009 Census ended in Kazakhstan a few weeks ago. So far not a lot of news is out there on the results but the population did grow by 9% in the past 10 years to 16,304,840 people. I had the privilege of taking the census here in Astana and I must say that the […]

  3/24/09 • (Comments Off on Census Ended)

• New Old Site on Education in Central Asia

  Got this announcement in my mail today and I thought I’d share it with you as I know that TOL is an excellent source of news and information about Central Asia and the former Soviet Union: Transitions (TOL) today launched a new version of Chalkboard, the website dedicated to news and analysis of education issues […]

  2/06/09 • (Comments Off on New Old Site on Education in Central Asia)

• 20 – 7000 Kazakh Students Can’t Pay

  This story has been in my backlog, duly starred in Google Reader and bookmarked in the “To Post About” Folder on Firefox. But as I work through that file of stories I meant to post about, they become less and less timely. So I’m going to link to a nice article on it at Ekspeditsya, […]

  1/26/09 • (Comments Off on 20 – 7000 Kazakh Students Can’t Pay)

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  Got Spellcheck. Will Write for Food

  Walking by bus stops in Astana, particularly those near universities, you might see ads that read like the one illustrated here: “Will write research papers and dissertations (in Russian or Kazakh). Selection of texts and translations. Written to schedule, high-quality, CHEAP!” Other ads highlight that they write course papers in Kazakh, a big help to […]

  1/23/08 • (1)

• Adopting the Wrong Western Models?

  English Advantage has an interesting post up about an article that appeared recently in Businesswomen.kz. There’s a discussion on whether or not Kazakhstan should adopt the “student-as-consumer” model of education that is gaining popularity in the West, but not among professors and teaching staff! It leads to the question of whether Kazakhstan should adopt everything […]

  9/30/07 • (Comments Off on Adopting the Wrong Western Models?)

• Education Reform

  As Kazakhstan is reforming its system of education in order to join the Bologna Process and to boost its economy, the approach they are taking is potentially controversial. There is a great emphasis on introducing new technology–Kazakhstan will build a number of high-tech classrooms in schools and vocational schools throughout the country and also work […]

  5/21/07 • (Comments Off on Education Reform)

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