Stories about Kazakhstan from October, 2010
Kazakhstan: Fake repatrates scandal
Albika reports that several thousand ethnic Kazakh repatriates have never existed, but the government spent 300 million tenge for their benefits in result of the massive fraud.
Kazakhstan: Education System Flaws
KZBlog refects on the classc post-Soviet problem that school teachers in Kazakhstan are too often treated like members of an office staff, and their loyalty is more important than their...
Kazakhstan: Governance matters
Kazakh bloggers keep on discussing their favorite topic – the quality of public administration. Megakhuimyak raises the issue of professionalism of the higher officials and says that often it appears...
Kazakhstan: A university's battle over a license
Avicenna reports on the ongoing conflict between the Kazakhstan Institute of Management, Economics and Strategic Research and the Ministry of Education and Science, as the latter suspended the university's license.
Kazakhstan: City Residents Protest Against Renaming
Albika reports on the protests of residents of Petropavlovsk, a city in northern Kazakhstan, against the parliamentarians’ suggestion to the prime-minister to rename this city to its original name, Kyzylgar.
Kazakhstan: How Responsive is e-Government?
Askhat says that Kazakhstan performs relatively well in terms of This IT development, but warns that this does not necessarily mean that Kazakhstan’s government is using its online resource effectively.
