Religious education

As of the fourth quarter of 2019, there are 13 theological educational institutions in the country. The total number of students in them is 3381 people.

Islamic - 11 (1-university "Nur-Mubarak", 5-madrasah college, 4-madrassas, 1-Islamic Institute for Advanced Studies of Imams at the SAMK ".

Christian - 2 (1 - Almaty Orthodox Theological Seminary and 1 - Inter-diocesan Higher Theological Seminary "Mary - Mother of the Church" in Karaganda).

 

According to the results of 2019, 230 citizens study in foreign theological educational institutions. Of these, 102 people are trained in recommended institutions, while 61 people are in questionable ones.

For reference: Nur-Sultan - 9, Almaty - 15, Shymkent - 9, Akmola region - 5, Almaty region - 31, Aktobe region - 16, Atyrau - 36, East Kazakhstan region - 10, WKO - 13, Zhambyl - 20, Karaganda - 9, Kyzylorda - 8, Kostanai - 2, Mangistau region - 8, Turkestan region - 35, North Kazakhstan region - 4.

The most popular countries for religious education among students remain Egypt - 83, KSA - 54, Turkey - 50, Jordan - 21.

In 2019, 38 graduates returned to their homeland, 69 applicants were persuaded from receiving education in dubious foreign theological educational institutions, and 41 students returned to Kazakhstan without completing their studies.

In order to reduce the outflow of youth to theological educational institutions abroad, conditions have been created to ensure access to higher education in this sphere in Kazakhstan. Educational grants for domestic students are allocated from the Ministry of Education and Science, as well as from local executive bodies.

Training in the field of religion is carried out in the specialties of Islamic Studies, Religious Studies and Theology. For the 2019-2020 academic year, 430 state educational grants were allocated for these specialties. The state order for training specialists in the field of religion is increasing annually.

The Nur-Mubarak University provides training for qualified specialists in the specialties of Islamic Studies, Religious Studies, and Arabic Philology.

As of September 1, 2019 (academic year 2019-2020), the total number of students at this university is 1 463, of whom 1361 are undergraduate, 60 are graduate students, 42 are pursuing doctoral degrees.

From 2003 to 2018, 1 400 students graduated from the university, of whom 1 126 were employed in the RAKM system (80.4%).

In 2011-2018, 1040 educational grants were awarded to this university in the specialties of Islamic Studies and Religious Studies.

In 2019, the number of grants amounted to 314. Of these, 280 are undergraduate, 16 are master's degrees, and 18 are PhD programs.

In addition to that, the Nur-Mubarak University has an Institute for Retraining of Extremism Prevention Specialists.