Country Readiness Assessment Report – Kyrgyzstan • • • • improve the quality of training (including upgrading of knowledge) of teachers of informatics at high schools; foresee targeted financing from all sources (state and local budgets, budgets of educational institutions, loans, grants, sponsorship, etc.) for implementation and development of ICT in the educational sector; conclude establishment of distance training of high school teachers; create a national educational network with ISP functions; develop new educational programmes, methods and technologies of teaching «informatics» in high school, and related subjects in high and medium professional institutions, including the most recent achievements in this sphere; 100% computerization of high schools in Kyrgyzstan, less than 50% of them with modern computer classes; medium ratio of not more than 100 students per one computer in high schools; access to Internet of not less than 10% of high schools of Kyrgyzstan. Higher educational institutions • • • • • • • improve quality and quantity of IT specialists’ training in design and development of software for information systems; create new educational and methodological manuals in accordance with new educational plans and programmes, including their e-versions; develop special councils for defending doctoral and PhD theses in ICT related fields; activate the creation of e-libraries with access to the Internet and world information resources in educational and scientific institutions; expand the National Research and Educational Network (NREN) by connecting universities in southern Bishkek and regional universities to Internet through dedicated channels. Develop distance learning by using modern educational and telecommunication technologies, providing high quality multimedia materials; establish a National Center of Information Technologies equipped with the most modern technology to develop human resources and train high quality specialists in ICT. The National IT Center would host different training courses, incubate IT investigation projects, create a database and assist in the promotion of e-commerce and other businesses with network use. equip all higher institutions with modern computer technologies and fully integrate ICT into the educational process; achieve an average ratio in all higher institutions of not more than 20 students per computer; wider usage of Internet by all higher institutions (mainly through dedicated channels) 35