Modernization of Engineering Education in Central Asia

International Conference «Modernization of Engineering Education in the Central Asian region in the context of digitalization» was held at Al-Farabi KazNU.

The event was organized by the Kazakhstani Association of Engineering Education (KazSEE) jointly with the European Network for Accreditation in the Field of Engineering Education (ENAEE). The HEIs of Kazakhstan and the countries of the Khujand agreement took part in it.

Keynote report «Review of international accreditation systems. Methods for ensuring the quality of engineering education» was made by Vice President of ENAEE Jose Carlos Quadrado. Of great interest was also the presentation «Problems and Prospects for the Implementation of the Khujand Agreement in Central Asia» by the President of the Central Asian Federation of Engineering Education Communities D.K. Suleev.

Representatives of accreditation agencies from Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan made reports on their experience with independent accreditation. Conference participants discussed the problems and pressing issues of integration in the field of engineering education. For example, the creation of a common expert base, the synchronization of standards with the national laws of the countries of the region, the right to issue the EUR-ACE Label quality mark, etc.

Following the meeting, a decision was made, preserving the ideology of the Khujand agreement, to expand the framework of cooperation in Central Asia and to attract for this purpose various institutions and business structures dealing with accreditation.

One of the important issues on the Conference agenda was the election of the President of the Central Asian Federation of Engineering Education Communities. Director of the Institute of Seismology Academician D. Suleev (Kazakhstan) has been elected to this position for a period of 4 years, and the participants adopted the regulations on the Secretariat and other regulatory documents.

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