The Committee on Language Policy and the National Academy of Education named after I. Altynsarin discussed curricula for teaching the Kazakh language in schools

The Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan held a joint meeting on the current implementation of the Concept of Language Policy Development in the Republic of Kazakhstan for 2023-2029.
At the meeting with the participation of leading specialists and experts of the Language Policy Committee and the National Academy of Education named after I. Altynsarin, issues of improving the curricula of teaching the Kazakh language in schools were widely discussed.
Chairman of the committee Erol Tleshov noted that the methodology of teaching the Kazakh language should be a single system: school-college – university-public service or provision of services. To do this, he focused on the need to develop curricula and educational and methodological tools for teaching the Kazakh language at different levels, including lexical and grammatical minimums for levels A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2.
As part of the phased study of languages in primary education by the President of the Altynsarin Academy, Madina Tynybayeva, from 2022, only Kazakh language will be taught in the 1st grade (in all schools), from 2023, Russian language will be taught from the 2nd grade, and from this year- a foreign language from the 3rd grade, as well as in the current academic year The schools were informed about the holding of an intermediate attestation exam in the Kazakh language in grades 5-8, 10 of all schools.
It was also noted that as part of the improvement of the state compulsory standard of education and educational programs, the Academy is making changes to the basic content of the disciplines "Kazakh tili" and "Kazakh adebieti".
Following the meeting, the participants expressed their desire to continue the joint work of the two ministries on the implementation of the action plan of the concept of language policy development, including ensuring continuity between all levels of education and qualitative improvement of curricula for teaching the Kazakh language in general secondary education organizations.