BRIEFING to address the results of the Year of Children

On December 27, 2022, Education Administration of East Kazakhstan region held a regional briefing to address the results of the Year of Children.  

The speakers of the briefing were Acting Head of Education Administration of East Kazakhstan region - Inessa A. Chernysheva, Deputy Head of Education Administration of East Kazakhstan region - Akylbek Alima, and Aksana Kalenova - Regional Commissioner for Children's Rights.

The briefing addressed the issues of implementing the regional action plan highlighting that 129 planned events were held, with 100% involvement of children from 0 to 18 years old, totaling 181,266 children.

The emphasis was placed on the execution of the Order of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan to build 1000 schools by 2025, so as part of the Order, a new school for 600 places with the Kazakh and Russian languages of instruction was opened in Ridder town, and 1 school for 50 places in Zholnuskau village of Kurchum district under an off-take agreement. Both schools are equipped with modern classrooms, subject rooms of a new modification.

Particular attention was paid to creating conditions for children with disabilities, for example, in Ust-Kamenogorsk city, a special school-kindergarten complex “Wonderland” was opened for 111 places, including 72 children are brought up in the kindergarten and 39 places for children with autism at school.

As part of the Year of Children, two private pre-school institutions with the Kazakh language of instruction for 80 and 144 places were also put into service, meeting modern requirements. All conditions are created in the region to support talented children. At the end of the current year, 441 children were encouraged for the sum of KZT44 million, including 14 start-up projects.  

All the instructions of the Head of State given within the framework of the Year of Children were fully implemented.