Over 20,000 first-graders of East Kazakhstan region going back to school as usual

In the new 2020-2021 academic year, 190,000 children are returning to 647 schools of the region, including 21,000 are first graders, and 87 teachers started their work for the first time.

274 schools are reopening for primary schoolchildren this academic year, at this moment, organizing more than 4,000 duty classes. The rest of the learners will learn remotely.

In honor of the Knowledge Day, a single online nationwide “Integrity Hour” is held in all schools. These activities cultivate the basics of anti-corruption culture in children as well as instill the most important moral values, such as honesty, justice, decency and trust.

By the new academic year, 386 schools were repaired according to the modern standard, 40 of them were overhauled. Also, 3 new public schools have been opened from the beginning of the school year. A school for 300 places, equipped according to the standards of Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools, opened its doors in Karaul settlement, and a school for 1000 places was opened in Akhmirovo settlement. A school for 600 places with a boarding school for 300 places was opened in Akzhar settlement of Tarbagatai district, children from large and low-income families from all districts and cities of the region will be able to go to this school. In addition to new schools, 5 kindergartens for 915 children are being opened within the framework of public-private partnership in Ust-Kamenogorsk city.

As part of equipping schools with computers, more than 9,000 computers have been given for temporary use to students and teachers. To date, about 17,000 children have received computers for temporary use. In addition, it is planned to purchase more than 26,000 computer equipment additionally.

The Head of the region Danial Akhmetov also congratulated the schoolchildren on the new academic year.

- School gives us the necessary basis that allows us to choose the right path in life. High-quality secondary education is the key to the competitiveness of the state. I’d like to wish all students in the new academic year to discover their talents, to prove themselves. I wish teachers success in the teaching process. Happy Knowledge Day dear East Kazakhstanis! May there be peace, harmony and happiness in every home, - said Danial Akhmetov