Meeting “Guest of the Month”

Currently, general education schools place special emphasis on preparing students wishing to get professional education, including in the specialty “Modern Journalism”.

One of the features of the organization of the educational process in secondary education institutions of the Republic of Kazakhstan for the 2021-2022 academic year is the introduction of the course “Global Competence”. An elective course “Media Literacy” is taught in the 8th grades of schools of the region, where students learn to work with information, evaluate, analyze material, distinguish between false information and propaganda, which contributes to the choice of the profession of a journalist.

On October 22, 2021, Shygys Regional Center of Education Administration of East Kazakhstan region held an online meeting for learners of 10-11 grades, who has chosen the specialty “Journalism”. It was held in order to develop the social and communicative competence of school students, promote moral, civic, patriotic, cultural education in adolescents, cultivate a respectful attitude to the specialty of Journalism. The school students met with a poet, journalist, member of the Union of Journalists of the Republic of Kazakhstan Erkebulan S. Zagyparov.

The event was attended by 46 students of educational institutions of the region, who has chosen the specialty “Journalism”.

During the meeting, Erkebulan Serikovich told the young people who have chosen the profession of a journalist about the features of journalism, about the importance and place of journalism in the modern world.

The students asked the Guest of the Month their questions and received comprehensive answers.

The poet read his poem “Tauelsizdik”, dedicated to the 30th anniversary of Independence. In the video format, the reading of poems “Sher aga”, “Omarkhannyn Mukhtary”, “Oralkhan, Oralkhan”, “Apamnyn shaiy” were performed by students.

The Guest of the Month thanked all students for their active participation and keen interest in his work.