Emma Harden-Wolfson

Higher Education in Central Asia Blog (est. 2011)

  • Education deficit in Tajikistan, part 3

    I didn’t realise when I blogged last month about the skills deficit in Tajikistan that this would become the first in a rather sad series of stories about educational deficit. The first post was followed by a story from the Institute for War & Peace Reporting, and today it’s the turn of American funded website… Read more

  • ‘Ninety percent of educators take bribes!’ – The sad and shocking truth about Uzbekistan’s universities

    This is a re-post from a discussion series called ‘Shoot Me’, initiated by the brave and bold Uznews in Uzbekistan. It’s on corruption in higher education: how and why it happens, and what the impact is. Read the original story at http://www.uznews.net/news_single.php?lng=en&sub=top&cid=4&nid=23567, from where you can also link to the 40 minute video interview which is… Read more

  • More on Tajikistan’s education deficit

    It seems that everyone wants to get in on the game of identifying deficits in Tajikistan. This time it’s the turn of the Institute for War and Peace Reporting, in an audio report published [ru] [tj] at http://iwpr.net/report-news/tajikistans-education-deficit. I couldn’t access either audio stream but the text below [en] (is it a transcript?) is reproduced below.… Read more

  • Skills deficit will bring Tajikistan to its knees; education and training must be prioritised

    Avaz Saifiddinov, a journalist with as-independent-as-is-possible-in-Tajikistan Asia-Plus media group, this week reports [ru] – in almost apocalyptic terms – on the devastating impact that a lack of education and skills training can bring to a nation. He calls this qualification deficit the single biggest problem facing Tajikistan today, more so than corruption, lack of electricity… Read more

  • Exciting positions at the European School in Central Asia

    I don’t usually post job vacancies here, but I’m excited to share these positions at the European School in Central Asia with you: http://www.europeanschool.kg/work-with-us/employment/current-vacancies/. Can I particularly draw your attention to the Head of Education vacancy? The School is based in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, and is committed to providing children with a high quality education that will… Read more

  • More on Nazarbayev University

    I try not to blindly copy and paste articles about Central Asian higher education so I’m passing on today’s link with a little bit of hesitation. The reason for this is that the article takes an uncritical approach to the subject. Whilst the article is factual and informative, it’s not controversial (in its true meaning… Read more