Transcript Innovative Education for the Future

Bolashak:
Innovative Education for the
Future
Prague, Czech Republic, 2006
Analysing the past
• Fourteen years of independence as the first life
cycle for the country.
• GDP for 2005 - US$ 41 bln.
• Annual average GDP growth for the period of 1999
- 2005 is 10,2%.
• Annual average growth of industry for the same
period is 10,6 %.
• Annual average growth of investments in capital is
19,3%.
Strategic planning system
• In 1997 - Kazakhstan 2030
Development Strategy.
• In 2000 - Strategic plan up to year
2010, the main task of which was:
– doubling the GDP in 2010 (from
2000).
– this task will be done already in
2008.
• In 2006 – Kazakhstan’s Strategy to be
in the list of top 50 competitive
countries
Strategy for Industrial and Innovational
Development
 Annual investment is planned to be US$ 1,5 bln. (including
annual state investment of US$ 460 mln.).
 Aggregate capital of development institutes for 2006 is
forecasted to US$ 1,3 bl.:
– Development bank,
– Investment fund,
– Innovation fund,
– Export insurance corporation,
– Marketing reasearch center,
– Technology transfer and engineering center.
Identifying priorities
• Development of heavy industry.
• Investment into strategic infrastructure.
• Development of non raw material production
sector (finished good production).
• Development of technology based service
sector.
• Development of petro-chemical industry.
• Development of new and information
technologies.
One of the main priorities is EDUCATION
In order to maintain Kazakhstan economic leadership, we
must ensure a continuous supply of highly trained and
educated specialists and numerically literate population.
And ensure that that population work for the development
of Kazakhstan.
In the course of transition to market economy and
international relations development Kazakhstan faces an
exigency in specialists with [advanced western] education.
Therefore, there is a need to send talented young people for
study in the leading educational institutions abroad.
President of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Nazarbayev N.A., November 1993
«Bolashak» Scholarship Initiative
Established in 1993 by the President of the Republic of
Kazakhstan with the purpose of educating the best students in
elite universities overseas. For the first time citizens of
Kazakhstan are granted the opportunity to receive education
fully funded by the government in the world’s top-level
outstanding institutions of higher education.
Goals
• Training of highly educated specialists in priority fields;
• Intellectual elite development and new generation of
technocrats, capable of bringing the country to a completely
new level of development.
• Put global expertise and innovation to work for Kazakhstan,
including introducing new areas of expertise
The scholarship is awarded for purpose of
• Receiving higher education
• Receiving Bachelor’s degrees (as of 2005)
- successful high school graduates or university students of Kazakh and
foreign higher educational institutions
• Receiving Master’s degrees
-successful Kazakh and foreign higher educational institution graduates
• Receiving PhD Degrees
-young talented scientists
• Residency training and Master and PhD studies in medical specialties
General Requirements for Candidates - 2006
• Citizen of Kazakhstan, aged 18 – 35 years old
• Appropriate level of education completed
• National University Test of at least 90 (out of 120) points
• GPA of no less than 4.5 (out of 5.0)
• Excellent competence in language of study (determined by standardized
testing and interview)
• Psychological preparation for study abroad
• Commitment to development of Kazakhstan, patriotism
Total Number of Bolashak Fellows - 2556
2000
1756
1750
1500
1250
1000
750
500
191
250
19
81
50
86
86
58
56
59
28
87
0
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Coverage
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University Tuition (in Czech Republic ~3500 – 5000€)
Housing (~230€ per month)
Living stipend (~360 € per month)
Textbook allowance (~170 € per semester)
Registration fees
Visa fees
Medical insurance
Travel to and from place of study every year (during holidays)
Which specialists are in demand?
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Engineers and health care professionals
Professional civil servants and administration specialists
New generation of scientists
Innovation economy clusters managers
Specialists in the new high-tech industrial and agricultural sectors
Information
and Telecommunications
Technology
Public Administration
Biotechnology
Priority Fields of Study
Cluster Initiative
Petroleum Industry
Aerospace
and
Aeronautics
Engineering
Where do Fellows go?
• USA: 2062 candidates—639 Fellows accepted
– 17 PhDs, 211 Masters, 411 Bachelors
• UK: 1678 candidates—518 Fellows accepted
– 4 PhDs, 115 Masters, 399 Bachelors
• Russia: 1236 candidates—240 Fellows accepted
– 42 PhDs, 31 Masters, 167 Bachelors
• China, Germany, Canada, France also popular
• This year Bolashak has expanded dramatically to include much of
the Asia/Pacific region, most of Europe, and even one candidate to
Costa Rica
Successful Alumni Include:
 The Head of Protocol of the Administration of the President
 Associate Chairman of the Agency for the Civil Service
 The Vice-Minister of Education and Science
Advisors to the Prime Minister
 Director of Kazakhstan Foreign
Investors’ Council Association
 Professors and researchers
KazMunai Gas and the Center for
International Programs
Contract between student and Bolashak
Education Contract
Student agrees to study in approved field of study, in approved university
In specified period of time
Mortgage Contract
Piece of property pledged on behalf of student
Period of education plus 5 years, during which student must
work in Kazakhstan
Value of property must be proportional to proposed education plan
Scientific potential
Dynamics of applications submitted to the Science Fund’s grants in 2004-2005
№
Priority
2004
2005
1.
Oil, chemistry and new materials
84
117
2.
Metallurgy and mining
45
71
3.
Biotechnology
26
76
4.
New technologies
52
107
5.
Information technologies and space research
35
61
6.
Material development
10
19
7.
Scientific provision of socio-economic and cultural
development of the society
12
75
Total
264
526
Research personnel
Quantity of specialists engaged in:
All research / financed by the Ministry of Education and Science
2003
Type
of
research
2004
Total
With
high
educatio
n
PhDs
Doctors
of
science
Total
With high
education
PhDs
Doctors
of
science
State
programs
5856/
1312
3628/
904
598/
138
183/
54
2943/
998
1813/
811
297/
177
102/
70
Fundament
al research
5815/
5815
4769/
4769
1658/
1658
884/
884
5881/
5881
4948/
4948
1708/
1708
899/
899
Field
research
1614/
113
1245/
112
444/
34
256/
9
2543/
335
1861/
315
616/
98
316/
39
65/
65
61/
61
26/
26
22/
22
-
-
-
-
13350
/
7305
9703/
5846
2726/
1856
1345/
969
11367/
7214
8622/
6074
2621/
1983
1317/
1008
Innovation
research
TOTAL
Financing of the fundamental and applied research
7000000
6000000
000's tenge
5000000
4000000
MoES
МОН
3000000
другие министерства
Other ministries
2000000
1000000
0
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
years
Resume: Increase of research financing from the year 2000 for more that six times
SWOT ANALYSIS OF KAZAKHSTAN’S R&D:
• A small domestic market area and population
• Fragmented research activities:
Resources allocated to a large number of small units
• A small number of foreign students and researchers
• The inflow of FDI is relativly low
SOME BASIC CONCLUSIONS
 Innovation policy is an essential part of government’s strategies to attain
macroeconomic stability, economic renewal and full employment
 New structures and competencies are needed in the government to facilitate
effective innovation policy
 Evaluation is an intrinsic element of innovation policy
 Innovation policy is to an increasing extent based on public/private partnership
 Scientific excellence and social and economic relevance are not conflicting but
complementary goals
 Innovation/science/technological policy should cover the whole system from
knowledge generation through diffusion to knowledge utilization
 New policies need to be complemented by structural reforms in the system
CONCLUSINS II
 Translating skills needed in Kazakhstan into university fields of study can be difficult,
requires extensive knowledge of education systems in different nations
 Likewise need to be to date with admission requirements, needed documents, in
different nations and universities.
 Evaluation of students far from home is difficult
 Every student has special, personal circumstances which need to be dealt with
 Thus Bolashak requires educated researchers and large staff to handle numbers of
students. Need to be a learning, self-evaluating organization
Also need a careful combination of flexibility to accomodate variety of universities
and education systems, and rigidity to ensure Kazakhstan benefits
 Bolashak working to integrate its expertise and connections with other education
projects
THANK YOU!
YERBOL SULEIMENOV, PHD
E-mail: [email protected]
NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC AND
TECHNICAL INFORMATION OF THE
REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN
PRAGUE, 2006