AME EDUCATION
SECTOR PROFILE
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Education Structure
Education System Structure
and Enrollments 2008
Source: World Development Indicators, UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Kazakhstan
Education Structure
• Compulsory education age in Kazakhstan is from 7-17.
•Gross enrollments over 100% indicate many overage children
accessing education
Education Configuration and Enrollment Percentages 2008
Classification
Level/Grade
Pre-primary Pre-school
Primary, grades 1-4
Lower Secondary, grades 5-9
Pre-university Upper secondary, grades 1012
TVET secondary, grades 1012
Undergraduate study
Tertiary
Post graduate study
Ages
% Net
% Gross
Enrollment Enrollment
3-6
7-10
11-15
39%
90%
39%
109%
103%
16-18
16-18
86%*
72%
6%**
18-22
N/A
47%
22+
* Includes all levels of secondary. **As percentage of total general secondary.
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, World Bank EdStats
Kazakhstan
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.
Pre-university Net/Gross Enrollments
120.0%
2000
Enrollments (%)
100.0%
2008
80.0%
60.0%
* Lower and
upper
secondary
data are
gross
enrollments.
40.0%
20.0%
0.0%
Pre-Primary
Primary
Lower
Secondary*
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, World Bank EdStats
Upper
Secondary*
Total
Secondary
Kazakhstan
Education Access: Tertiary
• 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.
Tertiary Enrollments
800,000
717,053
Enrollment Numbers
700,000
600,000
500,000
400,000
365,385
300,000
200,000
100,000
4,936
2,749
0
2000
2008
4 year
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Advanced
Kazakhstan
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.
Pre-university Net Enrollments by Gender
94.0%
93.0%
Enrollment (%)
92.0%
91.0%
90.0%
89.0%
88.0%
87.0%
86.0%
85.0%
84.0%
2000
Prmary Boys
Source: World Bank EdStats
2002
Prmary Girls
2004
2006
Secondary Boys
2008
Secondary Girls
Kazakhstan
Education Quality: Completion
• Boys’ and girls’ completion rates follow similar patterns.
• Girls complete in slightly higher numbers than do boys.
Primary Completion Rates by Gender
108.0%
106.0%
Completion (%)
104.0%
102.0%
100.0%
98.0%
Boys
96.0%
Girls
94.0%
92.0%
2000
Source: World Bank EdStats
2002
2004
2006
2008
Kazakhstan
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
Kazakhstan
Education Efficiency: Expenditure
• The Kazakhstan government spent 3.6% of the GDP
(2007) and 12.1% of total government spending
(2005) on education.
Source: World Bank EdStats. Government of Republic of Kazakhstan www. en.government.kz
Kazakhstan
Education Efficiency: Repetition
• Primary repetition is extremely minimal at 0.1%.
Source: World Bank EdStats