Key Issues of Governance and Financeof Kyrgyz Education

Abstract

Kyrgyzstan's emergence as an independent state after the implosion of the Soviet Union can be characterized as rather lucky. The country did not experience any armed conflict, and the presidential elections following independence brought to power a new leader, and not the former first secretary of the communist party, in contrast to the majority of other post-Soviet republics. President Askar Akaev was able to steer the country towards a rather liberal and market oriented regime, and Kyrgyzstan remains the most stable and open society in the region.

We analyze the governance structure and the financing of Kyrgyz education, with special emphasis on the general secondary education system. General secondary schools are under the authority of oblasts and rayons.