Korean Educational Development Institute(KEDI)

In spite of continuing resistance to political and economic change since its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, Kyrgyzstan currently has a climate for major change in its educational system. As a relatively small country (see the map of Central Asia in Figure 1), Kyrgyzstan has the opportunity to experiment with changes, and it is doing so. The financial constraints that exist in Kyrgyzstan call for creative approaches to its educational challenges. The connections that currently exist and the current State Department project in Educational Leadership in Kyrgyzstan (McLean, Seashore, Karimov, & Naimanova, 2001) provide a perfect opportunity to gather the break-through information on educational leadership currently going on. Leadership is a key construct within HRD.