12 thousand students will go to the first class in WKO on September 1

– 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 correspondent of MIA "Kazinform".

As Governor of the region Gali Iskaliev noted at the regional pedagogical conference held recently in the region, 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 students and teachers. 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 of information technologies for gifted children, school-Lyceum "Saulet" Taskalinsky district, school-Lyceum №41 of natural-mathematical Sciences of the city of oral, linguistic gymnasium Terektinsky district became owners of educational grants.

According to the new law "on the status of a teacher", which will make it possible to raise the prestige of the teaching profession, benefits for teachers will gradually increase. 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, the Governor of the region said.

This year, 100 educational grants were allocated to graduates from the regional akim, of which 50 grants found their owner. Of these, 37 - in medical specialties, 9-in pedagogical and 4 - in theological specialties. The forced transition to distance learning has shown how important the work of teachers is, and they certainly deserve respect. "The new format of distance learning required adding digital skills to the existing professional competence of the teacher. I would like to note that in such a difficult time, in the context of the pandemic, teachers did not lose their heads and quickly learned to conduct lessons remotely. They skillfully used various interactive resources and functions of the programs used, " the Governor of the region noted.