CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2021
| Author | Kadyrova, Aian |
|---|---|
| Title | Assessment of Equity in Education: Affirmative Action in Kyrgyzstan |
| Summary | Prior to the introduction of the National Standardized Test for admission to higher education universities in 2002, Kyrgyzstan had a major issue of tuition waivers allocation based on personal connections and bribes. With the standardization of the entrance exam procedures, high-school graduates got a chance to be tested and compete for free education transparently and equally. Besides several other policy goals, this reform was also used as an instrument for equity promotion in rural areas. Keeping score tickets anonymous, the organization of the test still allowed for recognizable 3-color differentiation to identify score tickets from rural areas, Bishkek city, and smaller towns. The share of tickets identified as rural-colored in the pool of competition for free education represents a quota for rural students in a given year. This quota introduction ensures that the ratio of rural/urban students funded by the government is representative of the general population ratio. In this regard, this study analyzes the data from annual reports on the test to break down the state scholarship allocation into regions with the purpose of discovering if the vast rural area is affected evenly by the policy. This study uses the data on performance, participation, scholarships distribution in 53 regions for the period of 2006-2020 to i) analyze how the mean scores of the regions and number of participants are associated with the number of scholarships won ii) determine the regions getting the highest/lowest number of scholarships iii) study a change of the gap between them over time. |
| Supervisor | Sergei Lychagin |
| Department | Economics MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2021/kadyrova_aian.pdf |
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