The President signed the Law on Education. What innovations are envisaged

President Sadyr Japarov signed the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic "On Education", adopted in a new edition.

The law was adopted by the Jogorku Kenesh on June 29, 2023.

This Law was adopted in order to reform the institution of education in order to improve the quality of educational services provided to the population and increase the availability of their receipt, strengthen continuity in education, as well as develop and develop a personality that meets modern challenges and be competitive in the labor market.

Thus, the adopted Law provides for the following innovations:
– an institute for certification and validation of professional competencies, skills of citizens acquired in the process of non-formal education or independent practice is being introduced;
- regulation of issues of assigning a special status to higher education institutions and their activities;
– regulation of the activities of online educational organizations;
- introduction of a voucher mechanism for financing educational services of educational organizations;
– exemption of educational organizations, regardless of the form of ownership, implementing programs of preschool and additional education from obtaining a license, with the exception of the activities of driving schools, as well as additional education associated with the risk of harm to life and health of people, the list of which is approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic, etc.

Source: kabar.kg