Kazakhstan School Autonomy and Accountability : SABER Country Report 2013

Education in the Kazakhstan is highly decentralized. While education policy is the sole responsibility of the Ministry of education, school boards are responsible for delivery. The entire organization of the school system is based on checks and balances to ensure accountability. Budgetary autonomy is established. The school board controls the school budget, with input from parents. Personnel management is established. Salaries are relatively fixed by civil service rules at the primary school level, but completely negotiable at the secondary school level. The school board controls the hiring and firing of teachers and principals. Participation of parents in school governance is established. There is an accountability system comprised of different supervisory institutions where parents are formally represented. School autonomy and accountability are key components to ensure education quality. The transfer of core managerial responsibilities to schools promotes local accountability, helps reflect local priorities, values, and needs, and gives teachers the opportunity to establish a personal commitment to students and their parents. There are five indicators of school autonomy and accountability that can help benchmark an education system's policies that enable school autonomy and accountability: school autonomy in budget planning and approval; school autonomy in personnel management; the participation of the school council in school finance; the assessment of school and student performance; and school accountability to stakeholders. This report focuses specifically on policies in the area of school autonomy and accountability.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCESS TO QUALITY EDUCATION, ACHIEVEMENT, BARRIER, BASIC EDUCATION, CIVIL SERVICE, CLASSROOM, COLLEGES, COMMUNITIES, COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION, COMPETENCY LEVEL, COMPULSORY EDUCATION, CURRICULA, CURRICULUM, DECENTRALIZATION, DECENTRALIZATION OF EDUCATION, DECISION MAKING, DEGREES, EDUCATION AUTHORITIES, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, EDUCATION DEPARTMENTS, EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATION FINANCE, EDUCATION INDICATORS, EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS, EDUCATION LEVELS, EDUCATION MANAGEMENT, EDUCATION POLICY, EDUCATION PROGRAMS, EDUCATION QUALITY, EDUCATION REFORMS, EDUCATION SECTOR, EDUCATION STRATEGY, EDUCATION STUDENTS, EDUCATION SYSTEM, EDUCATION SYSTEMS, EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE, EDUCATIONAL QUALITY, EXPENDITURES, GENERAL EDUCATION, GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE, GRADUATE STUDIES, HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION, HIGHER EDUCATION, HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTES, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION, KINDERGARTENS, LEARNING, LEARNING ENVIRONMENT, LEARNING OUTCOMES, LEARNING RESOURCES, LEGAL RIGHT, LEVEL OF EDUCATION, LITERATURE, LOW ACHIEVEMENT, MANUALS, MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, MINORITY, NATIONAL EDUCATION, NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICIES, NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY, NUMBER OF TEACHERS, PARENT INVOLVEMENT, PARENT PARTICIPATION, PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION, PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATIONS, PARTICIPATION OF PARENTS, PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICES, PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION, PRIMARY COMPLETION, PRIMARY COMPLETION RATES, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PRIVATE SCHOOLS, PROVIDERS OF EDUCATION, PUBLIC EXPENDITURE, PUBLIC EXPENDITURE ON EDUCATION, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, QUALITY ASSESSMENT, QUALITY OF EDUCATION, QUALITY OF TEACHERS, QUALITY OF TEACHING, READING, REGIONAL EDUCATION, REMOVAL OF TEACHERS, REPEATERS, REPETITION, SCHOOL ACTIVITIES, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION, SCHOOL AUTONOMY, SCHOOL BOARDS, SCHOOL BUDGETS, SCHOOL COUNCIL, SCHOOL COUNCILS, SCHOOL DIRECTORS, SCHOOL EDUCATION, SCHOOL GOVERNANCE, SCHOOL LEVEL, SCHOOL MANAGEMENT, SCHOOL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, SCHOOL OPERATIONS, SCHOOL PERFORMANCE, SCHOOL PERSONNEL, SCHOOL PRINCIPALS, SCHOOL QUALITY, SCHOOL SIZE, SCHOOL STAFF, SCHOOL SYSTEM, SCHOOL TEACHERS, SCHOOL YEAR, SCHOOLS, SCHOOLS WITH STUDENTS, SECONDARY EDUCATION, SECONDARY SCHOOLS, SOCIETY, STAFF SALARIES, STANDARDIZED TESTS, STATE EDUCATION, STUDENT ASSESSMENT, STUDENT ASSESSMENTS, STUDENT ENROLLMENT, STUDENT LEARNING, STUDENT PERFORMANCE, TEACHER, TEACHER HIRING, TEACHER PAY, TEACHER PERFORMANCE, TEACHER QUALITY, TEACHER SALARIES, TEACHER TRAINING, TEACHERS, TEACHING, TEACHING METHODS, TEACHING PERSONNEL, TEACHING STAFF, TEST SCORES, TRAINING NEEDS, UNIVERSAL ACCESS, UNIVERSITIES, VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS, YOUTH,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/20141725/saber-school-autonomy-accountability-country-report-kazakhstan-2013 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20160
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