27 colleges are operating in the System of Technical and Vocational Education (TVE), of which 16 are state and 11 are private. In the 2020-2021 academic year, the number of students amounts to more than 19 thousand people (including 12 865 students being educated under the state order).
The number of students enrolled through the state order amounts to 4,239 people (4,223 in 2019), including 3,108 places granted by the LB (Local budget) (3,092 in 2019), 1,131 places granted under the Enbek state program (1,131 in 2019)
Annually, the placement of state educational order in colleges for students who need vocational education is increasing. In the 2020-2021 academic year, in the framework of the state order, 28 places in 3 specialties were granted for young people who needed vocational education (compared with 20 students in 2 specialties in 2019).
The number of graduates amounts to 5,772 people (compared with 5,071 in 2019, with 90.1% employed and self-employed), 3,074 people among them were educated under the state program (compared with 3 947 in 2019). 70.1% of 3971 graduates of 2019 are employed through National Educational Database (according to the State Pension Payment Center data, 61.5%). The account on the employment of the current year graduates will be presented in the beginning of November.
The following directions of specialists training in 106 specialties and gaining 203 competences are underway: services sector – 19.2%, education- 19.4%, medical sciences- 3.6%, arts and culture – 1.6%, construction- 4.7%, energy and mechanical engineering – 9.8%, production, installation, operation and maintenance (by fields of industry) – 18.7%, tele-, communications, information technology – 18.2%, economics and law – 3.7%, agriculture, veterinary and ecology – 1.1%.
The TVE human resources in the Mangystau region amount to 1,527 teachers (of which 1,075 working in state colleges and 452 in private colleges). There are 501 teachers of general educational subjects, 92 teachers of general humanitarian and social-economic subjects, 756 teachers of general vocational and special disciplines, 166 specialists of industrial training, and 12 mentors. College teachers’ qualitative data: there are 404 top class teachers (26.4%), 291 first division teachers (19.0%), 290 second division teachers (19.0%), 542 uncategorized teachers (35.4%).
In the framework of the program Zhas maman, the work on material-technical resources provision of the TVE staff is being made. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 colleges are planned to be provided with modern equipment. To sum up, 1,616.6 million Tenge were allocated from the republican budget in 2020-2021 in the framework of the Zhas maman project implementation.
Additional financing from the local budget (5%) is estimated as 50.0 thousand Tenge.
It is planned to launch of the training camps complying with the WorldSkills international standard in order to train specialists in demanded and prior directions.
The budget of the TVE: 10,258.9 million Tenge in 2020 (5,975.3 million Tenge in 2019), of which
– 1,889.7 million Tenge allocated for scholarships,
– 1,889.7 million Tenge allocated for students’ nutrition (with daily cost of nutrition for students left without parental support equal to 2,052 Tenge, 1,348.2 million Tenge for 2,908 students in industrial specialties - 821 Tenge (money allocated for hot plate), 445.2 million Tenge for 25% increase of teachers’ salaries.
- 252.1 million Tenge for summer and winter-time travel costs (10,604 Tenge - 4 MCIs per year)
Profiling
In order to systematize training of specialists in the field of Economics, work on profiling colleges for the modern educational infrastructure is underway.
Dual education
14 state colleges and 10 private colleges are launching dual education. These colleges train 2,697 students in 41 specialties in the fields of mechanical engineering, construction, service, education, medical studies, food industry, social work, law, light industry, energy and communications
135 agreements and contracts were signed with 36 135 enterprises, under which graduates will undergo internships with the possibility of further employment. Major partners of colleges: Schlumberger Logelko Inc. Aktau JSC, Kaskor-Mashzavod JSC, Aktau Machine-Building Plant LLP, VEST-Auto LLP, Buzachi Transconstruction LLP, TM Construction Group LLP, Oil Transport Corporation LLP, Bikada LLP, KTZh JSC NC, Branch of KTZ - Zhuk tasymaly - JSC, Mangistau BP subdivision, Caspian Riviera LLP, Miros LLP, GRANNURPLASA LLP, CP Hotels Aktau company, Renaissance AKTAU Hotel LLP, Silk Way LLP, Tastai Property Management LLP, Holiday Inn Aktau hotel complex, Fine Hotel Rixos LLP, etc.
In the 2019-2020 academic year, 96% of people via the dual education system were employed.
Placement of the state order, taking into account the number of jobs in current years and dismissals in new sectors of the economy:
2,908 people study in 15 educational institutions of the city within the Program of Effective Employment and Mass Entrepreneurship Development for the period of 2017-2021. About 57.6% of enrolled students are from socially vulnerable groups. Reference: 805 people are students from low-income families (27.6%), 1,010 students are from large families (34.7%), 41 students are orphans (1.5%), 5 students are uncategorized school graduates of previous years (0.2%), 17 students are disabled (0.6%), 1030 people are from other categories (35.4%). Training is carried out in the following areas: services sector, construction and utility industry, installation, operation and maintenance - transport, power supply, information technology.
In 2020, the number of graduates of the program amounted to 838 people (with employed and employed to this day (between July and October) amounts to 747 people (89.1%).
For reference: in 2019, 267 graduates of the program, including both employed and provided with jobs, amounted to 245 people (91.7%).
Information update:
Since 2017, colleges have shifted to modular educational programs, which allow graduates to gain 3-4 qualifications instead of one.
21 colleges have launched two-level training system in 38 professions and specialties on modular programs, i.e., at level 1 students gain up to 3 working qualifications, at level 2 they become mid-level specialists. Two-level training is carried out in the specialties of service and maintenance, construction and utilities, production, installation, transport, energy and information technology.
Efficiency of use of regions (surplus, deficit):
There is a shortage of places in two colleges in rural areas (Beineu Polytechnic and Beineu Humanitarian Economic College)
Digitalization of the educational system
The entire educational process in the TVE system, from admission to graduation, is automated by consolidating all colleges into the one digital educational platform EDUS. 26 colleges participate in distance learning: 15 state and 11 private (1 state - at QAZhK)
The following activities are carried out:
Within the framework of the project Zhas Maman the list of 5 colleges was approved for the year of 2020, from the national budget 1.6 billion Tenge was allocated, 5% of additional financing (80 million Tenge).
Currently, work on the purchase and supply of equipment is underway. Moreover, the launch of training centers is planned in the database of colleges in the following directions: IT digital technology, service and maintenance, communications, lathe operation, and welding.
It is also planned to provide 5 colleges with innovative equipment at a cost of 1.6 billion Tenge allocated from the national budget under the project Zhas Maman for the 2020-2021 academic year.
In order to develop digital skills and use modern technologies and equipment in the learning process, one IT center was opened and it is scheduled to open training centers.
These innovative platforms will allow to qualitatively improve the skills of college graduates in accordance with international standards WorldSkills and significantly increase their demand in the labor market.