The Nazarbayev Center awarded the winners of the Republican Youth Contests
Astana October 31, 2018
Today, the Nazarbayev Center held a solemn awarding ceremony for the winners following the results of three republican competitions:
- of the competition «N. Nazarbayev Fund Schools Challenge»;
- online inventor contest «Shapagat»;
- online competition among schoolchildren for the best essay «The future is in your hands: invent and create».
These projects were implemented by the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Foundation of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the National Institute of Intellectual Property.
«N. Nazarbayev Fund Schools Challenge» - aims to deepen knowledge and increase children's interest in the transport industry among schoolchildren. The contest partners were the Corporate Fund. «Samruk – Kazyna Trust» and national carrier «Air Astana».
85 schoolchildren from all regions of Kazakhstan and the cities of Astana, Almaty, Shymkent participated in the competition.
Selection rounds were conducted by representatives of schools on aerospace competitions from Cranfield University (Great Britain).
Thanks to the competition, students were able to deepen their knowledge in the field of air transport engineering. Following the three-day rounds, teams of pupils from Aktobe and Kyzylorda regions, as well as the best students from regions of the country, were recognized as winners.The finalists visited the UK where they had an internship at Cranfield Aerospace University.
During the event, the winners of the Republican online contest of inventors "Shapagat" were awarded.As part of the competition, participants submitted their videos, which were devoted to patented inventions, utility models and industrial designs..
Five winning inventors of this competition were identified by online voting.These are talented young people who have submitted their inventions in the field of construction, fire safety, veterinary medicine and medicine.
The third competition, the winners of which were awarded at the Nazarbayev Center – Republican contest among schoolchildren for the best essay «The future is in your hands: invent and create».
Its goal is to stimulate creative activity among schoolchildren, to promote and spread knowledge in the field of intellectual property, to instil the foundations of the patent culture to the younger generation. Schoolchildren of 8-11 grades participated in this competition.
Over 500 essays in the state, Russian and English languages were submitted for participation in the competition from all over the republic.
Noting the importance of the implementation of youth projects, the Deputy Executive Director of the Foundation of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan - Elbasy Igor Rogov, in his welcoming speech, stressed: «Thanks to the implementation of youth projects, we managed to identify hundreds of talented children from all regions of the republic. I am sure that participation in our joint competitions was a good motivating factor in the development of children's abilities.They allowed to gain valuable experience, improve the implementation of ideas».
After the awards ceremony, a tour of the city of Astana was organized for the participants, in which the Minister of Justice of Kazakhstan Marat Beketayev also took part. During the conversation with young inventors, the head of the department noted that this competition will inspire children to new challenges, will help in choosing a profession, and the skills acquired will be useful to them in various fields of science and technology.