Parental Choices in the Educational Market in Tajikistan
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PARENT’S CHOICES IN THE EDUCATIONAL
MARKET IN DUSHANBE, TAJIKISTAN
Christopher M. WhitselNazarbayev University
This research was supported by funds from the Research Scholar Program supported by the United States Department of State, Program for Research and Training for Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union (Title VIII), administered by American Councils for International Education. I also want to thank Tuychi Rashidov for his research assistance while in Tajikistan.
Development of the Market
Economic Crisis State Failure Educational
Contraction
Establish private schools
Decentralization Approved fees for
extracurricular courses and educational services
Economic and Political Decline Pro-Market Reforms
Foundation of differences in Soviet Period
Creation of Markets
Source: Ministry of Education 2010: Мачуmи Омории Сохаи Маорифи Чумчурии Точикистон, 2010-2011 (Educational Statistics of the Republic of Tajikistan, 2010-2011)
Data and Respondents
Fieldwork in 2013 Snowball sample (N~25) with establish
contacts as the core Neighborhood Schools Choice Schools
4 types of Schools
Elite Private Schools
Low-Cost Private Schools
High-Quality Public
Schools
Neighborhood
Schools
Costs, School Quality & Informal Payments,
Curriculum
TeachersLocation
Curriculum
TeachersLocation
COSTS
Individual Variation
Sibling differentiation Gender differentiation