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Kyrgyzstan: Education Reform

Monday, November 12th, 2007 @ 04:56 UTC

by Adil Nurmakov

Countries:: Kyrgyzstan
Topics:: Education

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Almaz reviews the efforts to reform the education sector in Kyrgyzstan, saying that for landlocked country with no hopes for industrialization, the only way is to become a service-oriented country, which requires highly qualified personnel.

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