Preparing Engineers for the World Market: IFEES fosters international collaboration to improve skills and provide uniform standards

摘要

ISTANBUL - After the old Soviet Union crumbled, the now-independent country of Kazakhstan was left with the clunky remains of a Soviet-style system of higher education. That was a problem particularly for its technical schools, which the Kazakhs hoped would churn out the skilled and innovative engineers and technicians required for a 21st-century, market-based economy that can compete on a global scale. Clearly the old Communist model wasn't built to accommodate private industry. So about four years ago, Kazakhstan began overhauling its engineering curriculum.