Branches of British, German, Canadian, Dutch, S. Korean, and U.S. universities to open in Kazakhstan - Tokayev

ASTANA. Nov 16 (Interfax) - Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev noted the importance of better quality education and the implementation of best global practices in domestic higher educational establishments at a meeting with Almaty students and young researchers, the presidential press service said.

"Academic cooperation with the leading foreign universities is increasing on my orders. [...] Branches of higher educational establishments from the UK, Germany, Canada, the Netherlands, South Korea and the United States will open in Kazakhstan shortly. The integration into the global education space will bolster the competitiveness of our higher educational establishments and will raise the appeal of Kazakh higher education," the press service quoted Tokayev as saying.

Branches of major Russian universities have opened in a number of Kazakh cities on the basis of Kazakh higher educational establishments, Tokayev said. "Meanwhile, 175 students are being trained by the University of Arizona curriculum at Kozybayev University in Petropavlovsk," he said.