Education

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  Education

  2019-02-13

  US invites Central Asian girls to join intensive technology training programme

  Twenty-four students from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan will get the opportunity to study programming and cyber security in the United States.

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  Education

  2018-11-08

  World Bank urges investment in human capital for brighter economic future

  Central Asian states have been experiencing a visible decline in the quality of learning since independence, observers warn. Early intervention is key to reversing the trend.

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  Education

  2018-09-14

  US-based Webster University opens its doors to Uzbek students

  Uzbek students are looking forward to the opportunity to receive American education without leaving Uzbekistan.

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  Education

  2018-09-13

  American Councils NGO returns to Uzbekistan amid renewed US-Uzbek ties

  The American Councils for International Education, which previously operated in Uzbekistan, has become the first US-based NGO to be accredited in the country in more than a decade.

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  Education

  2018-08-31

  Kazakh schools making switch to Latin alphabet

  Starting this academic year, a number of Astana schools will use the Latin alphabet to teach the Kazakh language, say officials.

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  Education

  2018-08-14

  Kyrgyz NGO launches annual 'Take My Child to School' campaign

  'Not one child should go without an education,' the organisers say.

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  Education

  2018-06-21

  Kyrgyzstan strives to protect schoolchildren from natural disasters

  The World Bank is helping the Kyrgyz government ensure safer school buildings in the face of earthquakes and other climate related natural disasters.

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  Education

  2018-05-10

  Kazakh translation project brings new textbooks, knowledge to nation's youth

  A programme to translate 100 internationally recognised textbooks into the Kazakh language will help shape a new generation of young scholars, officials say.

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  Education

  2018-05-04

  Uzbekistan, World Bank bolster preschool enrollment, investing in future generations

  The World Bank is supporting Uzbekistan's effort to invest in preschool education, which has significant, long-lasting social and economic benefits for children, their families and society at large.

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  Education

  2018-04-18

  Kazakhstani officials investigate kindergartens violating religious education law

  The Atyrau provincial government is keeping an eye on kindergartens that appear to be pushing non-secular education, and potentially religious extremism, on their pupils.