B. Sagintayev Discussed Personnel Training Issues with the Executive Staff of Universities, Colleges and Industrial Enterprises of Pavlodar Oblast

Pavlodar Oblast as a large industrial centre of Kazakhstan especially needs highly qualified personnel. As noted by the Head of the Department of Education of Pavlodar Oblast D. Bolatkhanuly, since 2017 a special project has been implemented to train personnel in the metallurgical industry. At the premises of the aluminium plant, future managers are trained among the most promising workers. Therefore, the enterprise forms a personnel reserve, which will replace the older generation of specialists. In addition, educational institutions in the region work closely with local enterprises. Students undergo industrial training in the dual training system, which facilitates further employment.

The Prime Minister inspected the laboratory and training classes, the technical and production base. The college prepares turners, locksmiths, electric gas welders, electricians for the metallurgical industry, etc. From the third year, students already work in production. Last year, the college trained 163 specialists. Employment of graduates is 97.3%. Hosted by the college of non-ferrous metallurgy, the Competence Center for the metallurgical industry will be created.

Bakytzhan Sagintayev also got acquainted with the living conditions of youth in the Students’ House. The Director of the college A. Boldashevsky reported that the building was put into operation in November 2017 and is designed for 200 people. For students, all the necessary conditions were created, including an equipped gym and a hall for choreography.

After inspecting the college and the Students’ House, B. Sagintayev held a meeting on the issues of training skilled workers for a new model of commercial industrialization with the participation of rectors of universities, heads of colleges and enterprises of the region, student youth.

During the meeting, topical issues of professional training of technical professions, retraining of workers taking into account the development of digitalization, increasing the prestige of colleges were discussed, and the current state and prospects of the development of the labour market in the conditions of the fourth industrial revolution were considered.

Participants of the meeting noted that for the development of the country’s economy, in addition to building new plants and attracting investments, it is necessary to train qualified personnel. One of the most effective mechanisms for involving young people in the real economy is technical and vocational education (TVE).

As the Akim of Pavlodar Oblast B. Bakauov reported, the region is a diversified industrial complex. In the near future, it is planned to implement 14 major investment projects, which will create more than 4,000 new jobs.

“In accordance with the order of the Head of State in the Oblast, the process of modernization of the TVE system has been started, which will train effective and competitive specialists. Today, 17,000 young people have the opportunity to study free of charge for technical and vocational education,”- the Oblast Akim said. According to him, a dual system of education is being implemented in 45 colleges of the region in 46 specialities. Agreements on cooperation are concluded with the enterprises of the region. The amount of study time allocated for training directly in the enterprise has been increased to 80%. At the same time, as part of the modernization of the TVE system, work is underway to transfer colleges to trust management. As B. Bakauov stressed, several tasks are accomplished: attraction of the real sector of the economy to education, preservation and augmentation of the base and infrastructure of colleges.

Representatives of relevant ministries also made comments during the meeting. The Minister of Education and Science E. Sagadiev reported on the development of the education system, including through academic freedom of universities, profiling colleges and the development of the dual training system. In turn, the Minister of Labor and Social Protection M. Abylkassymova spoke on the management of flows of labour.

“We began to develop integrated roadmaps for the management of labour flows on the instructions of the Head of State. Now the work is going on with the large enterprises of the country. In Pavlodar Oblast 19 enterprises have signed cards, about 9 enterprises of the region are already planning to modernize production,” – said the Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Population.

Representatives of large enterprises also spoke during the meeting. President of Aluminum of Kazakhstan, JSC R. Romanov spoke about the training and employment of young people at the enterprise. S. Dzhartibayev, the Director of Krasnoarmeyka Agrarian and Technical College spoke about priority directions of training specialists in agricultural specialities. The Head of Krasnoarmeyka Agrarian and Technical College A. Polyakov, the Deputy Director General for Social Issues of Pavlodar Oil Chemistry Refinery A. Imantayev spoke about cooperation with colleges within the framework of training students on the dual system. Graduates of Pavlodar College of Nonferrous Metallurgy T. Kulemshatov and A. Magovyanov shared their opinion and experience of passing the practice within the framework of the TVE program. The Head of the office of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, A. Preymanis, commented on the investment attractiveness of enterprises that implement the TVE system.