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Tag archive for ‘Ministry of Education’

• How Do you Say “Know Thyself” in Kazakh?

  Sara Nazarbayeva, the wife of President Nursultan Nazarbayev, had her first book presented the other day, a first among First Ladies in the post-Soviet space. The book is not a history of Kazakhstan or a biography or memoir, as her husband’s books have been. Instead Philosophy of Love presents her methods of self-awareness and recognition. […]

  6/26/11 • (Comments Off on How Do you Say “Know Thyself” in Kazakh?)

• Nazarbayev University Freed From Curriculum

  Parliament has agreed to pass legislation giving Nazarbayev University “special status”, meaning that it will be able to set its own curriculum. Nazarbayev University, where students started studying about two weeks ago, has invited Western universities in to run the academic programs University College of London at the moment is running the course for undergraduates. […]

  10/19/10 • (Comments Off on Nazarbayev University Freed From Curriculum)

• Teachers in Kazakhstan

  Kazakhnomad has a series of interesting pieces up on teaching and teachers in Kazakhstan. She did a survey of students, teachers and people who have studied abroad on their opinions about how education should be and also had some teachers write essays about why they are teachers and how they can help their country. If […]

  9/11/10 • (6)

• Second Grader’s Case Thrown Out

  An update on my post, Second Grader Sues Ministry. Apparently, the filing was rejected although I can’t find news of this online. However in searching, I found a report on Khabar news and this follow up Book publisher at fault [RU]. Apparently the Ministry of Education never approved this book. The publisher has admitted that […]

  8/04/10 • (3)