International online round table “Features of organizing Worldskills standards demonstration exams in technical and vocational education” for engineering teachers of colleges

On April 7, 2021, Education Administration of East Kazakhstan region with the support of Talap NJSC, IT Educational and Methodological Association on the basis of Radio Engineering and Communication College of Semey city, held the International online round table on the topic “Features of organizing Worldskills standards demonstration exams in technical and vocational education” for engineering and teaching staff of colleges with the participation of colleagues from the Russian Federation, in particular, Tomsk Technical School of Information Technologies, A.S. Popov Ural Radio Engineering College, Ekaterinburg city, etc.

Sanzhar M.Tatibekov, Vice-President of Talap NJSC, the representatives of Education Administration of East Kazakhstan region, Director of Radio Engineering and Communication College of Semey city Oralkhan I. Sartayev welcomed the guests and participants of the round table.

The purpose of the online round table was to discuss the prospects for introducing a demonstration exam as a compulsory element of the state examination in the TVE institutions, exchange of experience.

Thus, the round table considered the issues of introducing Worldskills standards into the educational process, as well as into the examination procedure for graduates.

The Deputy Director for Information Technologies of Karaganda Higher Polytechnic College Zuleikha A. Syzdykova addressed on the topic “Demonstration exam in accordance with Worldskills requirements as a tool to assess the personnel training quality”. Elena A. Rodzik, Deputy Director for Educational and Methodological Work of Tomsk Technical School of Information Technologies, spoke about the introduction of a demonstration exam into the assessment procedure of graduates. The Head of Professional Education Development Resource Center for Information Technology and Robotics Olga A. Terentyeva, and Anatoly A. Shestakov, a certified expert in Electronics, shared their views on organizing and holding final and intermediate assessment in the form of a demonstration exam at A.S. Popov Ural Radio Engineering College on technical specialties. Rinat G. Gasimov, Head of the Worldskills Movement Development Department, Talap NJSC, spoke about the holding of demonstration exams in the Republic of Kazakhstan as a whole.  

In general, the work of the round table was very fruitful and informative. Over 50 people participated in this event. Based on the results of the round table, appropriate recommendations were developed.