The Accommodation of Children and Young People in Kyrgyzstan by the System of Education, and the Problem of Gender Inequality

Autor/in	Tiuliundieva, N.
Titel	The Accommodation of Children and Young People in Kyrgyzstan by the System of Education, and the Problem of Gender Inequality
Quelle	In: Russian Education and Society, 48 (2006) 1, S.72-87 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1060-9393
DOI	10.2753/RES1060-9393480104
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Gender Differences; Equal Education; Gender Bias; Children; Adolescents; Access to Education; Social Bias; Preschool Education; Elementary Secondary Education; Higher Education; Educational Finance; Poverty; Kyrgyzstan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Geschlechterkonflikt; Geschlechterstereotyp; Child; Kind; Kinder; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Bildungsfonds; Armut
Abstract	Kyrgyzstan, like other countries of the former Soviet Union, traditionally occupied a relatively high position in the world from the standpoint of the average level of education of its population. Any gender inequality when it came to obtaining an education was insignificant by international standards. However, the conversion to market relations, the problem of poverty that has emerged in the past few decades, and cutbacks in state funds could hardly fail to set back advances in the field of education and increase gender inequality in this sphere. Comparing the distribution of students in various specialties by gender, this study finds that the proportion of women is substantially higher not only in such "female" spheres as education (80.4 percent of the total number of college and university students), the humanities (69.1 percent), and health care (62 percent), but also in the normally "male" specialties (65.2 percent). These have become less popular among men, but they are being successfully pursued by women. The proportion of women is also a bit higher among students majoring in economics (52 percent) and interdisciplinary sciences (50.6 percent). Men regularly lead in agriculture and forestry (84.2 percent), the service sphere (83.1 percent), architecture and construction (78.9 percent), technical specialties (77.1 percent), and law (72.7 percent). Having examined changes in education in the period of transition the authors find that women in Kyrgyzstan pursue an education more actively. (Contains 14 endnotes and 2 tables.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10