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Teach or Perish: The Stavka System and its Impact on the Quality of Instruction

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Steiner-Khamsi Gita - PhD Professor, Columbia University (New York, USA). Address: Columbia University, 116th and Broadway, New York, N Y10027. E-mail: gs174@tc.columbia.eduThe post-Soviet teacher salary system is referred to as a teaching load (stavka) system, because the number of teaching hours accounts for the wide range of teachers' income. This article discusses the challenges of the stavka system, presents a few changes and modifications over time, and provides examples of salary reforms of two countries: the 2007 teacher salary reform in Mongolia and the 2011 reform in K yrgyzstan. The UNICEF Kyrgyzstan study identifies six negative consequences of the high correlation between the salary and the number of hours taught: vulnerability of teachers, micromanagement of teachers, overcrowding of schools, vacancies as placeholders or strategic vacancies, excessive teaching loads, the redistribution of teaching hours to non-specialists. The Government of Mongolia successfully replaced the teaching load system with a workload system in 2007. In Kyrgyzstan, the re-stratification process led to a revolt of those who lost in the wake of the reform. Within a period of two years only, they ensured that the stavka-system was, with a few exceptions, put back in place.DOI: 10.17323/1814-9545-2016-2-14-39

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  • Gita Steiner-Khamsi, 2016. "Teach or Perish: The Stavka System and its Impact on the Quality of Instruction," Voprosy obrazovaniya / Educational Studies Moscow, National Research University Higher School of Economics, issue 2, pages 14-39.
    • Handle: RePEc:nos:voprob:2016:i:2:p:14-39
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    1. Tatyana Klyachko & Galina Tokareva, 2017. "Teachers' Salary: Expectations and Results Achieved," Voprosy obrazovaniya / Educational Studies Moscow, National Research University Higher School of Economics, issue 4, pages 199-216.
    2. Клячко Т. Л. & Токарева Г. С., 2017. "Заработная Плата Учителей: Ожидания И Достигнутые Результаты," Вопросы образования // Educational Studies Moscow, National Research University Higher School of Economics, issue 4, pages 199-216.
    3. Elena Chernobay & Dilyara Tashibaeva, 2020. "Teacher Professional Development in Russia and KazakhstanEvidence from TALIS‑2018," Voprosy obrazovaniya / Educational Studies Moscow, National Research University Higher School of Economics, issue 4, pages 141-164.
    4. Чернобай Е. В. & Ташибаева Д. Н., 2020. "Профессиональное Развитие Учителей В Российской Федерации И Республике Казахстанпо Результатам Исследования Talis‑2018," Вопросы образования // Educational Studies Moscow, National Research University Higher School of Economics, issue 4, pages 141-164.

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