STATE REGULATION OF QUALITY ASSURANCE OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN

Abstract

This paper intends to examine the concept of quality assurance and the role of 
the government in this process and highlights some discourses based on the case study of 
Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan inherited the highly centralized Soviet system regulating the 
education sphere, which still has some implications for the development of a national model of 
quality assurance. Kazakhstan has developed the system, which includes three stages of quality 
assurance: internal and external quality assurance systems and state regulation. The paper's 
basic argument is that the issue of quality assurance management needs to be critically 
reconsidered. The paper uses a literature-based analysis to explore the politics of knowledge 
production in the field of quality assurance and suggests some of the issues that need further 
research in the area