Education

May 28, 2023

Regional Education Policy

According to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, regional education policy is “a set of decisions and actions that guide the development, implementation, and evaluation of education programs and services within a specific geographic region” [UNESCO Institute for Statistics, 2019]. Regional education policy refers to policies that are specific to a […]
March 30, 2023

Soft and Hard Skills in Demand

In the dynamic and complex job market of the modern world, both hard and soft skills have become increasingly important for individuals to succeed in their professional lives. Hard skills refer to the specific technical knowledge and abilities required for a particular job or industry that an individual acquires through […]
January 9, 2023

University Towns in Kazakhstan: The case of Turkistan

The city of Turkistan has seen tremendous transformations over the past several years. From a small modest provincial city in southern Kazakhstan, it became a developing regional center home to over 200 thousand people. Over the past ten years, its population has increased by nearly 50%, which made it one […]
November 30, 2022

Transforming Education Summit 2022: A New Vision of Challenges and Solutions

One of the biggest global forums on education, the United Nations Education Transformation Summit, was held in New York City from 16 to 19 September 2022. The summit took place during the 77th session of the UN General Assembly and was convened by the Secretary-General to put education at the […]
June 3, 2022

Implications of COVID-19 for India’s School Education

Since the breakout of the COVID-19 pandemic, many schools in the world were forced to shift their activities into an online mode in order to continue learning during school closures. While in some countries shift to online learning revealed a potential for innovation in school education, in other countries, it […]
May 7, 2022

Islamic Practices in Virtual Space

Questions about how Muslim communities are adapting to the digital age, how the online environment is transforming their identities, authority systems, and religious practices worry both Muslims themselves, who are trying to understand the influence of the Internet on their spiritual life and religious scholars, psychologists, anthropologists, sociologists who are […]
February 28, 2022

Global Citizens Attraction Factors

Countries can be compared based on thousands of criteria, and different results can be achieved each time. In the end, any comparison is just an issue of metrics and their relative weights. Regarding such assessments, one criterion lies relatively on the surface, and it can help develop a rough understanding […]
February 21, 2022

Science in Kazakhstan: Current Situation and New Developments

When we look at the latest scientific and technological developments in the world, we can see that science covers almost all areas of our lives. In recent years, many changes and innovations have been implemented in Kazakhstan in terms of scientific developments. As it is known, many scientific project announcements […]
December 27, 2021

The Future Work Is a Hybrid Model

Traditional working models have gone through a series of changes where new working models are increasingly taking part in our lives. The majority of the working model was offline and working in the offices has gone through a major modification during the COVID-19 pandemic era forcing many to work online […]
October 28, 2021

Lessons from the World University Rankings: The Chinese Experience

Autumn is the time for summing up the results in many areas of activity and drawing up annual international rankings as the most important tool for assessment and orientation. The World University Rankings 2022, which has already become traditional, gives an idea of the status of the best educational institutions […]