37 thousand schoolchildren took part in the readers' contest about Kazakhstan
On the eve of the Independence Day of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the results of the republican children's reading contest "Do you know your native Kazakhstan?" were summed up in Nur-Sultan. This competition is organized by the Ministry of Information and Social Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kazakhstan Institute of Public Development "Rukhani Zhangyru" and the publishing house "ShuylYlakitap".
As you know, Head of State Kassym-Jomart Tokayev at the fourth meeting of the National Council of Public Trust paid special attention to the development and promotion of reading culture among young Kazakhstanis for the formation of a reading nation.
In this regard, according to the Roadmap for the transition of the "Rukhani Zhangyru" program to the stage of national modernization, a republican children's reading contest was held. The main goal of the contest is to form interest in reading books, to educate the younger generation to be proud of their country and to understand the ideas of the program "Rukhani Zhangyru".
More than 37 thousand middle-level students from more than 3,600 secondary schools of all regions of Kazakhstan took part in the competition. The competitive process was organized with the assistance of akimats of regions, regional, city, district departments of education.
25 children from five regions of Kazakhstan took part in the final republican stage. During the competition, the participants answered questions on the history, culture of their native land, as well as on the principles of the program "Rukhani Zhangyru" and participated in the quest.
Today, on December 10, in Nur-Sultan, at the office of the Kazakhstan Institute of Social Development "Rukhani Zhangyru", the awarding ceremony of the winners of the republican competition took place. The event was attended by Vice-Minister of Information and Social Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan Bolat Tlepov, Chairman of the Board of KISD "Rukhani Zhangyru" Asylbek Yesenbayev, deputy akims of regions, heads of education departments of the winning regions and directly participants of the competition.
Welcoming the participants of the competition, B. Tlepov noted: "The books that served as the educational and cognitive base of this competition tell about state symbols, culture, traditions and customs, historical monuments, sacred places of Kazakhstan. The wisdom of centuries in the form of folk proverbs, sayings, riddles, as well as legends of mountains and steppes broaden the horizons of schoolchildren and contribute to the preservation of the national code."
According to the decision of the competition commission, Nazym Zholtai, a student of the specialized boarding school "Orken" in Zhezkazgan, became the owner of the fifth place. The fourth place was awarded to Fatima Muapykova, a student of the regional specialized physics and mathematics boarding school of the Shalkar district of the Aktobe region. The winner of the third place was a student of the capital's gymnasium school No. 86 Yeraly Kozy. The winner of the second place was a student of secondary school No. 273 of the city of Baikonur Karatayeva Uldai.
The winner of the republican contest "Do you know your native Kazakhstan?" became Janelle Tokanova, a student of secondary school No. 5 of the Ayagozsky district of East Kazakhstan region. The winners were awarded with special diplomas and valuable prizes.
At the end of the event, Vice Minister of Information and Social Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan Bolat Tlepov noted that in order to further increase interest in reading books, prize-winning students and school libraries of districts and cities were also sent gifts in the form of a series of art books.