Country Readiness Assessment Report –
Kyrgyzstan
The second group consists of private institutions of three older institutions which were previously
well-equipped with computers. All of them have Internet access and e-mail services.
The third group, the biggest, consists of institutions that were established recently and that are
state-owned. They still have no sufficient technical infrastructure.
The fourth group includes state-owned institutions with little use of information communication
technologies, due to their specialisation.
Table 2. Number of students and IBM compatible computers 1996 – 2000
Year
1996
1997
2000
Number of
(thousands)
77.8
97.8
188.8
students Number of computers
1200
1850
5100
Number of students
per computer
65
54
37
In accordance with the Harvard methodology, the situation in the Higher Educational sector is the
following:
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15 % are at stage two of readiness;
70 % are at stage three;
About 10 % can be considered at stage four.
Training of IT specialists has been improved recently. Degrees are offered by numerous
institutions in the following fields:
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•
•
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Automatics and management of technical systems, Kyrgyz Technical University
Telecommunications, Kyrgyz Technical University, Osh Technical University
Electronics and microelectronics, Kyrgyz State National University, Jalal-Abad State
University, Dastan University
Computers, Systems and Networks. Information Processing and Management Systems.
Software for Information Systems and Management. Kyrgyz Technical University,
Kyrgyz State National University, International University of Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyz Slavic
University, Dastan University, Manas University and others
Information Technologies in Economics. Kyrgyz Technical University, International
University of Kyrgyzstan and others.
Applied Mathematics and informatics. Kyrgyz State National University, International
University of Kyrgyzstan
Most of the institutions only recently begun teaching the above-mentioned programmes, and they
are targeted at the preparation of highly-qualified computer users. As a rule, they do not have
laboratories for hardware study, design, and manufacturing of electronic devices and their parts.
Table 3. Number of IT students
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