Kazakhstan UNT case studies

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The Unified National Testing (UNT, ҰБТ, ЕНТ) is the standardized entrance examination used in Kazakhstan for admission to higher and postgraduate education, and it also functions as the school-leaving assessment for secondary graduates. Candidates take it in Kazakh or Russian, and the score is what universities use when awarding state educational grants and placing students on paid (contract) places, so it matters both to school leavers and to graduates and adults applying later. The Kazakhstan UNT case studies are 5 cases and about 4,382 words.

'Interest-Free' in Shymkent: Two Credit Offers for One Refrigerator

The Sarsenov family in Shymkent has chosen a refrigerator that costs exactly 320,000 tenge in every store. Their net monthly income is 180,000 tenge, of which 60,000 is already committed to a car loan and utilities.

846 words, about 4 min 2

The 08:30 Vote at a Taraz Gymnasium

A parent committee at a gymnasium in Taraz is voting on whether to move the first lesson from 08:00 to 08:30. Three messages are posted in the school chat.

885 words, about 4 min 3

Three Sources on the Virgin Lands: A School Project in Kostanay

A group of pupils in Kostanay is preparing a project on the Virgin Lands campaign. The teacher supplies three items.

929 words, about 5 min 4

The Kettle, the Altitude and the Efficiency Claim

A pupil in Almaty measures the efficiency of her family's electric kettle for a physics project. She records: mass of water: 1.00 kg (measured on a kitchen scale, ±0.01 kg); initial temperature: 20.0 °C (±0.5 °C); the water boils at 97.0 °C, because the city is about 800 m above sea level (±0.5 °C on the thermometer); rated power of the kettle: 2000 W; time from switching on to vigorous boiling: 200 s (±2 s).

869 words, about 4 min 5

Two Carriers in Kyzylorda: Counselling After a Diagnosis

In Kyzylorda, a couple's first child, a boy, was diagnosed with phenylketonuria (PKU) through newborn screening at 10 days of age. PKU is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by deficiency of the enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase; if a low-phenylalanine diet is started in the first weeks of life, intellectual disability is largely prevented.

853 words, about 4 min