Education in Kyrgyzstan

[3] In 2001 some 89 percent of the relevant age-group was enrolled in the compulsory program, but this figure has decreased in the early 2000s.

[1] The Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI)[4] finds that Kyrgyzstan is fulfilling only 89.3% of what it should be fulfilling for the right to education based on the country's level of income.

The law was pointed out as a source of school-drop out, as the uniform has to be bought by the parents.

[3] Teaching quality is sometime described as "poor":[3] Kyrgyzstan ranked last in reading, mathematics and science at PISA 2006.

The specialist and the master's degrees open the door to PhD programs (aspirantura).

[6] There were criticisms about the competency of university lecturers in Kyrgyzstan: if a master's degree is theoretically required to teach at university, most teachers actually hold a Bachelor or even no degree at all.