The Education system in Kyrgyzstan

4. Read the text and say vvhat your school year will be like, what is your main task this year and what you are going to do after finishing school?

SCHOOL YEARS

a.

Now you are going to finish school you can look back and think a little about the future. First of all, you will have to take examinations, then the school year is over.

Let us hope that you will receive excellent marks, but remember the school programme is not to be well prepared for each exam.

Now let us look again into the future. The exams are over, and you are happy, but what are you going to do next? This is a very important question.

Your parents and teachers will help you to decide it. There are three roads open to you. You can either enter a technical secondary school or university. All of them are important and useful. So why not learn the trade of a builder, a farmer, a dressmaker or some other trades after finishing school. Workers, specialists in these trades are always needed. Some of you may already know what you will be by trade. Others have not decided yet. Of course, it is not easy to decide, as there are so many different trades, but let us hope that you will make a right choice.

THE EDUCATION SYSTEM IN KYRGYZSTAN

b.

The of education system of Kyrgyz Republic includes more than 2000 schools, 115 technical colleges, and 92 higher educational institutions. Preschool education consists of nursery schools and kindergartens, although in recent years the later is usually part of the elementary schools. Elementary education begins at the age of six with the first grade. Elementary and secondary schools together consist of 11 years of classes.

After graduating from secondary school a growing number of pupils go on to higher education. Kyrgyz institutions of higher education include colleges, offering four-year bachelor degree programs and universities and institutes offering masters or doctoral degree programs.

The leading universities in Kyrgyzstan are: Kyrgyz Russian Slavic University, American University in Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyz National State University, International University of Kyrgyzstan, and Ata-Turk University and some others. The course of studies in the higher educational schools lasts from 4 to 6 years. After graduation, one can enter post-graduate courses and work on a thesis of a candidate of sciences degree. The degree corresponds to that of a Doctorate of Science in western countries.

The citizens of Kyrgyzstan now have the opportunity to study abroad. Foreign teachers and professors continue to come to the republic to contribute into the development of educational system in Kyrgyzstan.