Features of the transformation of the higher education system in Kazakhstan
DOI: 10.23951/1609-624X-2024-5-67-76
To date, Kazakhstan is undergoing dynamic processes of transformation of the higher education system, in particular in higher educational institutions. The transformation affects all areas of university activity: from regulatory and statutory activities to the development of new educational programs, the development of educational management, the formation of modern infrastructure. The purpose of this work is to identify and describe the features of the process of transformation of the higher education system in the Republic of Kazakhstan. The materials of the study on the transformation of the sphere of higher education in Kazakhstan were adopted progressive normative legal acts, as well as strategic development programs. In order to achieve this goal, changes and new key directions in the regulatory legal acts and program documents of the higher education sector of the Republic of Kazakhstan are considered. The basic principles of formation and actual tasks of the new model of development of higher education of the Republic of Kazakhstan are investigated. The analysis of the peculiarities of the process of transformation of the higher education system in the Republic of Kazakhstan is given. As a result of the study, the advantages of the transition of higher educational institutions to a new organizational and legal form are revealed. The potential possibilities of introducing into the higher education system of Kazakhstan – the Atlas of new Professions and Competencies and the Regional Atlases “New professions”, formed in order to rebuild the system of higher education in Kazakhstan and meet the priority training to meet the needs of the economy in professional staff, taking into account the world’s aspirations for economic development. The practical significance of the study is to systematize the structural changes in the higher education system of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as to determine the trajectories of further development of higher education. In order to implement the further transformation of the higher education system of the Republic of Kazakhstan, appropriate recommendations have been formed on the management of the higher education system, the development of educational management at universities, as well as the formation of the digital architecture of the higher education system. The implementation of the recommendations presented in the study will allow the formation of competitive educational ecosystems in the field of higher education.
Keywords: transformation, higher education system, educational management, atlas of professions, non-profit joint stock company, research university
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Issue: 5, 2024
Series of issue: Issue 5
Rubric: METHODOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY OF PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
Pages: 67 — 76
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