DESIGNING THE CONTENT OF SCHOOL GENERAL EDUCATION: STATUS AND FUTURE IN KYRGYZSTAN

Abstract

Based on the decision of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic dated March 15, 2024, the transformation of general school education into a 12-year system was initiated. The Ministry of Education and Science has developed a new concept of education based on an analysis of a number of world best practices and is currently working on designing the content of school education. In this regard, the article analyzes the methodological features of the state educational standard of school education that has been used recently and makes a number of proposals for developing a new generation of standards. The core of the proposals is to change the composition of expected results in general school education, to focus on educating the student, ensuring his personal development, and on the formation of competencies that play a significant role in the 21st century. In this regard, the values, concepts, their definitions and requirements provided for in the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic “On Education” (2023), the Concept of Formation of Civic Identity “Kyrgyz Citizen” (2023), and the Seven Commandments of Manas were characterized. Guided by the arguments set out above, ways of designing a new content of general school education were shown.