In honor of the 175th anniversary of Abai Kunanbaiuly, the Department held several events to promote the work of the poet. Among them, the staff of the Department organized a challenge on memorization of Abai's poems and sent it to the Language Development Departments of West Kazakhstan and East Kazakhstan regions for further continuation.
In addition, a round table "Абай мұрасы – халық ұлағаты" was held, and the regional competition "Abai's readings" among ethnic youth was organized online on social networks. In this online competition, each participant made a video of the works and sent them to the Department. The videos were also posted on the department's social media pages with the hashtag # Abai175 . There is no limit on the number of participants. The competition was attended by 40 candidates aged 18 to 29, who have mastered the art of reading and singing.
According to the results of the competition, DilnazSharipova from Zharkent, who was ahead of her rivals in the performance, won the Grand Prix and was sent to the national competition.
Inna Lysenko (Kerbulak) was awarded by first degree diploma of the Department. Amankulova Karina (Koksu) and Aslan Ogly Emina (Karatal) took II place, YagelAnzhelina (Alakol) and Votske Angelina (Enbekshikazakh) took III place.
In this competition, ethnic youth by wearing the Kazakh national costume, instilled in them a love for the common Motherland and the Kazakh spirit, and by memorizing the works of the great poet, the main key to the unity of the country - the state language.