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The GSE was established in 2012 and received his first master’s and doctoral students in August 2013. It is dedicated to becoming a world-class center for teaching and research on education, with a focus on educational reform in Kazakhstan and Central Asia, while retaining a broad international approach. We seek to promote and assist in the implementation of cutting-edge research on educational challenges and issues from preschool through university levels.
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On the 1-2 of December 2022, the Central Asia Hub of the Political Economy of Education Research Network (PEER Network), led by Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education, hosted a two-day workshop. The Central Asia Hub Director, Prof Naureen Durrani, welcomed ten fellows across Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. The team had two productive days of […]

NU GSE PhD candidate Vanessa Ozawa delivered a lecture on “Approaching Educational Research in Central Asia Using a Political Economy Lens” on November 18th in Tashkent. The event was held at Creative School named after Abdulla Qodiriy under the Agency for Presidential Educational Institutions and the Cabinet of Ministers of Uzbekistan. As a hybrid mode, […]

On November 11, 2022, NUGSE Professor Mir Afzal Tajik delivered an invited-gust lecture on research paradigms at the Area Study Centre for Central Asia: An Academic Unit of the University of Peshawar in Pakistan (http://www.uop.edu.pk/departments/?q=Area-Study-Centre). He also had discussions with the Centre’s Director, faculty and doctoral students on faculty-to-faculty research collaboration and scholarship opportunities available […]

On the 17-18 of November 2022, NUGSE Professor Naureen Durrani contributed to the conference «FAMILY, DEMOGRAPHIC AND GENDER POLICY AT A NEW STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT OF KAZAKHSTAN». The conference was organized by the National Commission for Women’s Affairs, Family and Demographic Policy under the President of Kazakhstan, together with the Ministry of Information and Social […]
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Part of the NUGSE mission is to promote values of lifelong learning and professional growh. We are the home of professional development programs. Working in international collaboration with reputed institutions in Germany, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, UK and US, our offerings are available to university presidents, higher education middle managers, faculty members and school teachers. Participation in the NUGSE professional programs help participants to develop and improve their professional profiles.
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GSE is proud of its students who are not just knowledge-receivers, but are active participants in discussions, projects and numerous initiatives. Our students are professionals working in the field of education and leading for change at their respective educational organizations. Our students create, lead and change.

