Difference between revisions of "Things Kyrgyzstan should do"

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* especially using wind and solar
 
* especially using wind and solar
  
== Improve access to education ==
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== Reform education ==
with attention to
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Improve access to education, with attention to
 
* textbooks in languages other than Russian
 
* textbooks in languages other than Russian
 
* minority-language education
 
* minority-language education
 
* training of [future] teachers
 
* training of [future] teachers
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Restructure education:
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* The idea
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** Develop useful real-life knowledge and skills
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** Provide understanding of the wider world
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** Instill values of individual thinking, problem solving, community building, etc.
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* Curriculum refocus:
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** Real-life skills:
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*** Agriculture, modern and traditional
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*** Economics, with focus on trade
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*** Computer science
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** Education on outside world:
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*** Cultural studies / folklore
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*** Modern geography
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** General education:
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*** hard sciences
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*** social sciences
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*** arts
  
 
== Things already getting done ==
 
== Things already getting done ==
 
These things are getting done mostly because there's a private-sector profit incentive
 
These things are getting done mostly because there's a private-sector profit incentive
 
* Communications infrastructure
 
* Communications infrastructure

Latest revision as of 18:13, 28 March 2013


Improve transportation infrastructure

  • especially roads between different areas of the country

Take a census

  • with attention to language use and identity

Improve water infrastructure

with attention to

  • waste water treatment
  • agricultural usage

Improve electricity infrastructure

  • especially using wind and solar

Reform education

Improve access to education, with attention to

  • textbooks in languages other than Russian
  • minority-language education
  • training of [future] teachers

Restructure education:

  • The idea
    • Develop useful real-life knowledge and skills
    • Provide understanding of the wider world
    • Instill values of individual thinking, problem solving, community building, etc.
  • Curriculum refocus:
    • Real-life skills:
      • Agriculture, modern and traditional
      • Economics, with focus on trade
      • Computer science
    • Education on outside world:
      • Cultural studies / folklore
      • Modern geography
    • General education:
      • hard sciences
      • social sciences
      • arts

Things already getting done

These things are getting done mostly because there's a private-sector profit incentive

  • Communications infrastructure