Education and science: features of the new academic year
The traditional August conference of education workers was held under this name. This year, due to the epidemiological situation in the country, the event was held online. The conference was attended by Governor of the region Gali Iskaliev, Chairman of the Committee for the protection of children's rights of the Ministry of education and science of the Republic of Kazakhstan Yessengazy imangaliev, mayors of districts and cities, heads of education departments, employees of the education sector through zoom communication. Also, the regional akimat honored the best teachers of the region, who were awarded badges named Y. Altynsarina, certificates of winners of the regional stage of the Republican contest "Best teacher", medals "Veteran of pedagogical work" and "Honorary worker of education".
The new century symbolizes the era of science and knowledge, high technologies and innovations, social and cultural transformations. All this requires an appropriate level of education and new approaches to learning, especially in the context of distance learning. From year to year, the main task is still to improve the quality of education, which today has special requirements. As the Head of state said, today "the education system needs to adapt quickly to new realities". Therefore, the entire pedagogical community throughout the country is discussing new approaches, interesting projects, and creative ideas that could be adopted and used in their work in the new academic year at all levels and areas of education: preschool, secondary and professional.
From 4 to 23 August this year, 24 breakout sessions were held within the framework of the August conference, which was attended by more than 3 thousand teachers of the country, who discussed the features of the new 2020-2021 academic year. As noted by the Governor of the region Gali Iskaliev, who took part in the regional pedagogical conference, the 2019-2020 academic year, despite the difficulties due to the pandemic and the transition to distance learning, was full of events and achievements of our students and teachers. Thus, the methodical office of Chingirlau district was recognized as the winner of the Republican contest "the Best district, city methodical office", and the regional methodological center for education development took the 2nd prize in the Republican competition among regional methodical offices. 35 students of the region became winners of national and international Olympiads and scientific competitions. In the past academic year, more than 5 thousand graduates graduated from the region's schools. Of these, 1778 (41.6% of UNT participants) graduates became holders of educational grants from higher educational institutions, 11-went to Nazarbayev University, 94 - to universities of near and far abroad. It is encouraging that this year all graduates of the regional specialized school-Lyceum-boarding school of information technology for gifted children, school-Lyceum "Saulet" Taskalinsky district, school Lyceum No. 41 of natural-mathematical Sciences of the city of oral, linguistic gymnasium Terektinsky district became owners of educational grants.
A new law "on the status of padagoga" has been adopted, which will make it possible to raise the prestige of the teaching profession and increase benefits for teachers. In accordance with the instruction of the Head of state, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, it is planned to increase the remuneration of teachers by 2 times within 4 years. Wage increases will be made by 25% annually until 2023, and, accordingly, in 2023, wages will increase twice as compared to 2019. Additional payments are also made to teachers for the updated content of education in the amount of 30% and for pedagogical skills - from 30 to 50% of the official salary. Currently, a teacher working in rural areas, who has the highest qualification category and work experience of more than 25 years, has an average salary of 300 thousand tenge. This year, on behalf of the regional akimat, 100 educational grants were allocated to graduates, of which 50 grants found their owner. Of these, 37 - in medical specialties, 9-in pedagogical and 4 - in theological specialties, - said the Governor of the region.
This year, 12 thousand first-graders will go to school in the region, and the ranks of teachers will be replenished by about 300 young specialists-graduates of the West Kazakhstan University. Makhambet Utemisov, Higher pedagogical College named after him. Jaganshi Dosmukhamedov, teacher training University. The head of the region listed a number of names of teachers who, having about 40 years of experience in the field of education, recently retired due to reaching retirement age. Director of the school-Lyceum No. 41 of the natural and mathematical direction of Moscow Oral ihsanova of VALIS, Director of the school №17 Tamara Rudich, teacher of Kazakh language and literature school name Baitursynov of Kaztal district Gulmarzhan khaybullina, master production site of the Ural Polytechnic College Victor Nets, a physics teacher at school name of Madasa Kamalieva of Syrym district Sobyanin Kasymalieva, teacher of geography Taskala district school name Sadiq of Zhaksygunova Nicholas Volgin, Professor at the higher agricultural-technical College Olga Pokazeeva technology teacher Kushumskaya high school district Baiterek Tatiana Filippova, Azhar Ryskalieva, history teacher of Aidarkhan secondary school in the Zhangali district, and others.
Along with the quality of education, special attention is paid to the infrastructure of educational institutions. Within the framework of state programs, 4.5 billion tenge was allocated this year for capital repairs of 33 educational institutions in the city of Uralsk and all districts of the region. In addition, the region is building 6 new secondary schools for 8 billion tenge. Currently, there are 7 three-shift and 7 emergency schools in the region, which is one of the highest indicators in the country. In order to eliminate the accident rate of schools and three shifts, the state will allocate appropriate funds and solve the issues of 2 emergency schools and 5 three-shift schools at the expense of new schools that are being put into operation this year.
It has become a good tradition to help children from large and low-income families prepare for the new school year. This year, the traditional "Road to school" campaign continues. Last year, the region provided assistance to 18,201 children in the amount of 134 million tenge. Since the beginning of this year, the sponsors have provided assistance to 2,120 students in the amount of more than 25 million tenge. Of these, about 1 thousand students purchased food, about 1200 students received school supplies and school clothes, mobile phones, tablets, laptops and Internet connection.
– I would also like to note the importance of the task of infrastructure development of the education sector, which is solved not only at the expense of the state, but also with the help of public-private partnership. This academic year, all schools in Uralsk are switching to per capita funding. This opens up opportunities to reduce the burden on the budget, develop a network of private schools, ensure competition and improve the quality of educational services. The essence of the new reform is that now the funding will go to the student. There are also expenses related to capital investments. To date, potential private investors have received land plots for the construction of schools in the regional center. Currently, a 900-seat school is being built in the village of Zachagansk, and it is also planned to build a 500-seat school to replace emergency school No. 31. Also in our region, the Republican school of physics and mathematics plans to open a center for additional education and advanced training of teachers this year, and by the new 2021-2022 academic year, it is expected to open a school "Fizmat Academy" for students in grades 1-6. To provide students with dormitories within the framework of the "Five social initiatives of the President", work is underway on the construction and reconstruction of 4 dormitories with 644 seats. Also, the construction of a dormitory of the West Kazakhstan University named after M. Utemisov for 1144 places has begun – - Gali Iskaliyev said.
One of the online speakers at the conference-Chairman Of the Committee for the protection of children's rights of the Ministry of education and science of the Republic of Kazakhstan Yessengazy imangaliev – noted the issue of children's safety in the context of the threat of coronavirus and the problematic aspects of distance learning. Nurlan Sergaliev, acting rector of Makhambet Utemisov state University, told about the training of teachers in higher education institutions during the conference. What new opportunities of distance learning have been introduced into the educational process of the pedagogical College. Zh. dosmukhamedova was voiced at the conference by the Director of the educational institution Svetlana Bakhisheva. Alibek Bakayev, a physics teacher of the regional Kazakh specialized boarding school of the complex for gifted children No. 11 named after S. Seifullin, told about the work of young specialists in the conditions of modernization of the education system. One of the main issues that was discussed during the conference was "Synchronous and asynchronous distance learning format in secondary education organizations". The Executive Director of "Bilim Media Group" LLP made a report on this topic» Sanzhar Kenzhekhanuly.
During the conference, the Governor of the region instructed to create a regional parent Council under the Department of education in order to improve feedback between schools and parents in matters of raising children, ensuring transparency of schools in General. The main goal of the Council will be to coordinate the activities of the parent self-government bodies in ensuring the rights and obligations of parents, students and pupils, and strengthening their interaction with government bodies and social institutions.
– One of the key problems in education is the lack of feedback that takes into account the views of all stakeholders in the education process. All decisions taken in the field of education should be discussed at this Council – " the head of the region said.
During the meeting, Governor of the region Gali Iskaliev congratulated the winner of the contest "Best organization of education" - secondary school-Lyceum №6.Askay of the Burlinsky district.
– The main merit of our Lyceum is that we actively use all innovative projects of the education system in our work. For 10 years of operation of the Lyceum, we have produced 16 winners of "Altyn belgi", numerous winners of regional, national and international Olympiads in all subjects. The Lyceum has 1,700 students, 60% of the teaching staff has the highest category. Our teachers are never afraid to take an active part in new projects. We want to spend the grant from the Governor of the region on the purchase of three IT offices, which are very necessary for a full – fledged education of schoolchildren,-said the Director of the school-Lyceum No. 6 Kunsulu Sultanova.
The Governor of the region awarded letters of thanks and certificates for 833,400 tenge to the winners of the regional stage of the Republican contest "Best teacher". Among them, rizvangul Kuspanova, Methodist of the nursery-garden "Baiterek" in terekta district, akerke Baizhienova, teacher of the Kazakh language and literature of the West Kazakhstan regional Kazakh specialized boarding school-complex for gifted children No. 11 named after S. Seifullin, and master of industrial training of the West Kazakhstan industrial College Bakytzhan Tulegenova. Another 11 best education workers of the region were awarded the badges "Y.Altynsarin" and "Honorary education worker" for their contribution to the development of educational programs of the last academic year.
– My work experience at the school is 36 years. During my work, I have taught many graduates of our school the basics of school education. I would like to note that Chagan high school was included in the pilot project of 30 schools in the region, which implemented a program of updated educational content. So the last year has completed a distance learning school students at a fairly successful level. In total, more than 600 students study at the school, 11 of the 25 graduates of this year received grants from the state to study at universities in the country, – said Elena Plotnikova, a primary school teacher of the Chagan secondary school of the Terektinsky district, who was awarded the medal "Veteran of pedagogical work".
The medal "Veteran of pedagogical work" was also awarded to English teacher Nadezhda Shiganakova, who for 19 years led the secondary school No. 3 in Aksay, Burlinsky district. In addition to her main school work, she is actively engaged in public work, as a Deputy of the district maslikhat. Keeps all the problems of education under control, considering that education is the Foundation of all spheres of human activity, and the future of the country depends on the quality and comprehensive development of the educational process.
The August conference is a special pedagogical tradition, warmed by the warmth of the last summer days and a great love for the teaching profession. This is the time of new things to do, a new round of life in education, which marks the beginning of a training marathon lasting another year. This is a unique date in the field of education, which brings one of the most important days of the year – September 1 – a holiday that began and begins for every next generation the road to the world of Knowledge. Let this road be successful for modern school children and students, as well as for the entire teaching staff, full of new victories and achievements.
Zhanna Balykova,
photo by Oksana Katkova