Auditors Explain How Students in Kazakhstan Bypass University Entry Rules
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An audit has revealed serious problems in Kazakhstan’s universities, where student training often does not meet labor market requirements, Supreme Audit Chamber member Tlegen Kaskin said at a government hour in the Mazhilis, Orda.kz reports.
According to him, the education system lacks full oversight.
During the audited period, planned inspections of universities were not effectively carried out. In 2024, knowledge assessments covered only three departmental academies and did not evaluate professional competencies. Key information systems are not integrated, and data on student enrollment, grants, loans and academic status is largely entered manually. This led to cases of bypassing UNT requirements through transfers from foreign universities.Kaskin said.
Most likely, this refers to cases in which graduates enroll in foreign universities where UNT results are not required and then transfer to universities in Kazakhstan.
He added that there are also problems in the system used to assess the quality of education. National accreditation agencies give up to 80% of their evaluation to universities’ internal processes, while the views of employers and the employment of graduates account for only 5%.
Kaskin also said that many academic programs are largely formal and lack practical training and real-life cases. In addition, according to him, the state education order is not linked to the actual needs of the economy.
In 2022, more than 9,000 grants remained unclaimed, including more than 9,000 in engineering specialties and about 3,000 in information and communication technologies.he said.
A member of the Audit Chamber added that universities produce about 20,000 IT specialists each year, but only 30% go on to work in their field.
Original author: Alina Elgeldina
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