Kyrgyzstan centralizes medical student transfers amid education reform

Kyrgyzstan is undertaking a significant reform of its medical education system, establishing a state monopoly on training specialists. This reform involves accrediting medical schools and colleges to ensure their training meets state standards and healthcare system needs.

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4,877 students from medical universities and 1,845 students from medical colleges are subject to the transfer.

As a result, some institutions failed accreditation and lost their right to issue diplomas or enroll students. Others received limited accreditation, requiring them to rectify deficiencies. A centralized process is now underway to transfer approximately 6,722 students, 4,877 from universities and 1,845 from colleges, to accredited institutions. Students must submit applications and necessary documents by August 10.

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However, a centralized procedure has already been established in accordance with the curricula and taking into account the minimal difference in academic hours.

The Ministry of Health has designated specific accredited schools for these transfers. While Kyrgyz citizens will be transferred to the Kyrgyz State Medical Academy, foreign students are being distributed among other accredited institutions. The ministry stated that student preferences will be considered, with individual applications reviewed, though the centralized transfer adheres to curricula and minimal academic hour differences.

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Our university have been closed. Now, at the very least, I will have to go back at least two semesters.

However, some students express concern about significant academic discrepancies. One foreign student, who studied in his ninth semester, reported that no university is ready to accept him at the same level, potentially requiring him to repeat at least two semesters. The Ministry of Health has clarified that statements about students being placed in lower semesters are incorrect and that individual academic certificates will be issued later in August.

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statements that a student who studied in the ninth semester would be placed in the seventh semester are incorrect and represent unreliable information.