Chapter 1 - Introduction

Research Paper

Final Draft

Corrupted Education in Kazakhstan

Academic Reading and Writing Course II

KIMEP

Instructor Elizabeth MacFarlane

April 2011

Acknowledgements

Contents

1. Chapter 1 Introduction page 4

2. Chapter 2 “Literature Interview” page 9

3. Chapter 3 “Description of Results” page 13

4. Chapter 4 “Analysis of Results” page 20

5. Chapter 5 Conclusion page 26

6. Reference List page 28

7. Appendix page 29

Chapter 1 - Introduction

The issue of corruption is common in all countries all over the world. The other thing is that some of the states can successfully deal with this critical problem, while the other countries’ achievements are not as high as they could have been. “The patronage of D. Medeuova’s (Vice-President of Kazakh National Pedagogical University of name of Abay) rather influential relative from the higher echelons of power can explain the fact that already in her 25 years, she has become a doctor of sciences and a professor of the university. Yet traces of her master's thesis are absent in scientific departments of libraries in the territory of the country. At 26 years old, D. Medeuova held the post of the Vice-President on international contacts, and by 30 years of age she has headed the council of philosophers and political scientists. Also she promotes producing the similar pseudo-doctors, pseudo scholars ", - S. Adilbekov described (the candidate of political sciences at Kazakh National Pedagogical University of name of Abay). The tendency of buying grades, diplomas and completed master’s dissertations has appeared in Kazakhstan as a daily action (Kazakhstan Today, 2010,). Only by this scandalous fact it is obvious that the corruption within education in Kazakhstan exists and besides, it blossoms and smells in all its “beauty” today.

The theme of corruption is critical at all times; moreover, it is one of the major issues in Kazakhstan. The main reason I chose this topic is that I also had some bitter experience which has influenced my life completely. When I was studying at musical school I always took part in competitions of pianists. The majority of fair and objective decisions by the jury were at International competitions, because there were only foreigners in the jury who could not take any bribes from the participants, while in Kazakhstan, in republic competitions, participants could buy the prizes. People do not have to work hard all day and all night to achieve success. It is enough simply to pay one of the judges and the prize is in your hands while hardworking and fair people plough through twelve hours of practice a day. Such cases absolutely changed my intention of being a professional pianist because of my big disappointment in the musical sphere. Of course, corruption is not just limited to the sphere of education.

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, there has been a general increase in corruption, affecting many economic sectors” (Heyneman, Anderson, & Nuraliyeva, 2006, p.2), in the region of the former Soviet Union. On the chart below the corruption perception index is given. In this case the word ‘index’ is a “pool of pools”, representing the average scores which individual countries have been given by international businessman and financial journalists when polled in a variety of contexts. The annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), first released in 1995, is the best known of Transparency International’s tools. Transparency International is the global civil society organization leading the fight against corruption, brings people together in a powerful worldwide coalition to end the devastating impact of corruption on men, women and children around the world. TI’s mission is to create change towards a world free of corruption. It has been widely credited with putting TI and the issue of corruption on the international policy agenda. The CPI ranks more than 150 countries by their perceived levels of corruption, as determined by expert assessments and opinion surveys. Republic of Kazakhstan had been included into research since 1999 (Transparency Kazakhstan, 2010).

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