20,000 first-graders go to schools on September, 1 in East Kazakhstan region

The Head of the Regional Education Administration informed the Head of the region Danial Akhmetov about preparations for the beginning of the 2021-2022 school year. Sairangul Zhumadilova said that as part of the systematic preparation for the beginning of the school year, all schools of East Kazakhstan region are provided with masks, sanitizers, antiseptic mats and disinfectants. Moreover, more than 22,000 teachers of schools, colleges and boarding schools have been vaccinated. “This school year, over 198,000 schoolchildren will study in 647 secondary schools of the region, including about 20,000 first-graders. Currently, 7 schools are undergoing major overhaul, and 130 - current repairs. All repair work is planned to be completed by August 20,” Sairangul Zhumadilova said. She also said that in the new school year all schoolchildren will be provided with textbooks and educational-methodical complexes, as well as school buses will be organized for 3,000 children living in remote villages. For this reason, 26 buses were additionally purchased at the expense of the regional budget. Hot meals will be organized in 584 schools of the region, covering more than 196,000 schoolchildren, including 37,000 from low-income and large families. The issue of preparing schools for the heating season was considered separately. According to the Head of Education Administration, 152 schools of the region are connected to the central heating system. The remaining 495 institutions have autonomous heating. About 90,000 tons of solid and 1,500 tons of liquid fuel were purchased for them, as well as 474 cubic meters of gas. In accordance with the instruction of Akim of East Kazakhstan region, by the beginning of the school year, all schools will be provided with the necessary fuel supply. Sairangul Zhumadilova also stressed that as part of implementing the Nur Otan Party's Pre-Election Program “Road of change: a dignified life for everyone!” in the region, 100 schools are being modernized: by the new school year, 160 new subject classrooms are being purchased, school furniture and equipment for canteens are being updated, the library fund is being digitized and fiction is being purchased.