The future begins today

The Chairman of the Committee of Technical Regulation and Metrology of the Ministry of Trade and Integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kuanysh Yelikbayev met with the heads of 23 higher educational institutions of Kazakhstan at the L. Gumilev Eurasian National University. Yerzhan Karasayev, Deputy Director General of the NAC, took part in the event and acted as a speaker.

TRMC pays constant attention to the issues of personnel training for the field of technical regulation. During his regular working trips to the regions of Kazakhstan, K. Elikbayev visits regional universities as a mandatory point, informing the teaching staff about problematic issues and motivating students of promising specialties.

E.Karasaev in his speech said that the number of required specialists in the field of technical regulation and in particular in accreditation is considerable, which means the need to train new qualified personnel on an ongoing basis.

«To date, between the NAC and the Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Kazakh Agrotechnical University. Memoranda of cooperation have been signed with Seifulin», – he said. – And currently, students of these universities are practicing within the walls of our organization, which contributes to the application of theoretical knowledge in practice.

In fulfillment of its obligations under the memoranda, the NAC organized a summer internship for 10 2nd and 3rd year students of ENU and KAU specializing in standardization, certification and metrology.

In addition, E.Karasaev made proposals to improve the quality of educational programs in the specialty «Standardization, certification and metrology» in the country's universities. In particular, he proposed to pay special attention to the practical orientation of education and, in addition to mastering specialized knowledge, to pay attention and motivate students to acquire basic knowledge in such areas as chemistry, microbiology, production technologies, since specialists with such baggage are very much in demand in laboratories and certification bodies of Kazakhstan. In addition, the speaker recalled the constant readiness of the NAC to cooperate with the educational sector.

«The doors of the NAC are always open to discuss current problems, we are ready to provide the resources of the NAC to participate in the development of training programs and are ready to share experience», – he concluded.