VII Congress and II International Festival of Teaching Excellence of Teachers and Educators of Members-States of the Commonwealth of Independent States in Astana

VII Congress and II International Festival of Teaching Excellence of Teachers and Educators of Members-States of the Commonwealth of Independent States in Astana

On 5-6 October, 2022, in the capital of Kazakhstan Astana city, the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan organized and held the VII Congress of Teachers and Educators of Members-States the Commonwealth of Independent States called “Education of the Commonwealth of Independent States as new reality and transformation of educational process in the post-pandemic period”. It was attended by about 1000 workers of education - the representatives from 6 Commonwealth countries (Republic of Armenia, Republic of Belarus, Kyrgyz Republic, Republic of Tajikistan, Russian Federation and Republic of Kazakhstan).

The plenary session of the Congress was addressed by the Minister of Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan Askhat K. Aimagambetov, Deputy Chair of the Executive Committee of the CIS Beketzhan M. Zhumakhanov, Chair of the Board of the NIS Kulyash N. Shamshidinova, Deputy Ministers of Education of the Republic of Belarus, Kyrgyz Republic, Republic of Tajikistan, Armenia, Director of the Department of State Policy in Vocational Education and Training of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation.

Minister of Education A.K. Aimagambetov in his speech stressed that the work of the Congress is crucial for the participants of educational processes and that cooperation between schools, colleges, universities in terms of the exchange of experience in the development of secondary, TVET, higher education, and academic exchange in general, are the issues on the agenda of the Congress. The Minister expressed his gratitude to the representatives and teachers from the Commonwealth countries.

The program of the Congress was fruitful and relevant.

The framework of the Congress included 9 sections: “Forward-looking education: content and pedagogy”, “Assessments in education and challenges”, “Development of personality-oriented universal values ​​in the process of creativity and cooperation”, “Teacher: modern challenges and development zones”, “Additional education: children model our world”, “Digital transformation of education:  modern school’s profile”, “Development of inclusiveness and well-being of learners as a factor of positive changes”, “Young professionals for successful future of our country”.

The following dialogue platforms were equally important and relevant “New approaches to reading literacy development in the era of digitalization”, “Opportunities for improved efficiency of interaction between school and parent community”.

These platforms raised urgent and topical issues, held joint discussions, the speakers answered all the questions, recommendations and proposals were adopted to improve reading literacy and work with the parent community.

The II International Festival of Teaching Excellence, which is held every two years by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Orleu National Center for Professional Development, took place as part of the VII Congress of Teachers and Educators of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

The International Festival of Teaching Excellence is an expert platform where representatives from 6 CIS countries share their own practices related to the education development. The Festival included 2 rounds: remote and face-to-face in the nominations “Teacher”, “Educator”, “Psychologist/social teacher”.

This Festival was attended by 35 teachers, including 9 ones were from Kazakhstan.

The participants held master classes according to 4 criteria: subject and methodological content, technological effectiveness and management of the activities of the master class participants, teacher’s professional culture.

According to the results of the Festival, the Competition Commission named the winners in each nomination, and awarded Diplomas of the І, ІІ and ІІІ Degrees and Certificates of the Participant of the International Festival.

The Participation Certificate was presented to a teacher of Geography of Istok Private School of East Kazakhstan region Elena A. Korolyeva, who took part in the remote round, then was invited to the face-to-face round of the Festival.

An awarding ceremony was held in the solemn part of the Congress and awarded Y. Altynsarin Badge of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Sairangul A. Zhumadilova, Executive Secretary of the East Kazakhstan Regional Branch of Amanat Party.

At the final plenary session of the Congress, the First Vice Minister of Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan Sholpan T. Karinova thanked all the participants of the VII Congress and the II International Festival of Pedagogical Skills of Teachers and Educators of the Commonwealth of Independent States for their fruitful work, highlighted the importance to continue this kind of communication and the significance of joint events.

The Congress was attended by 25 delegates from East Kazakhstan region.