Socio-economic structure of associate's degree students in Kyrgyzstan

Abstract

The aim of this research is to study socio- economic profiles of the undergraduate students in Kyrgyzstan. The sample of the study, a field survey based on survey, consists of the students of the University Vocational School that is only one having undergraduate level at “Manas” University in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan. Making objective assessments related to education, improving health education programs, making right decisions about education policy, providing productivity and efficiency is only possible when student?s family and social environment, socio-economic and socio-cultural profile are known. A total of 246 students including preparatory classes studying in academic year 2012-2013 have participated in the study having seven programs (Office Management and Executive Assistant, Accounting, Construction, Automotive, Business Marketing, Child Development, Tourism and Hotel Management) in Vocational School. Besides descriptive statistical analysis in compiling the results, the chi-square independence test has been conducted. IBM SPSS statistics application program has been used for data analysis. The main purpose of this study is determine socio-economic profiles of the students of Vocational School at the University “Manas” that is only one example of undergraduate education and situated in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan. The findings of the research can be used for the purposes of measuring productivity and efficiency in education