International scientific-practical conference “Rural school’s realities: problems, searches and solutions”

On February 27, 2023, Shygys Regional Center of Education Administration of East Kazakhstan region and teachers of East Kazakhstan region took part in the international scientific and practical conference “Rural school’s realities: problems, searches and solutions”, organized by the Innovation Center for Education Development of Pavlodar region.

The goal of the conference is to demonstrate the professionalism, achievements of the best practices of teachers of rural schools in promising areas of education.

7 thematic platforms shared the best pedagogical practices on the effective organization of educational activities of learners in an ungraded school. The participants discussed topical issues of organizing the educational process in a rural school, problems, ways to solve them, ensuring equal access to quality education, using innovative technologies to form learning skills in an ungraded school, and also considered issues of teachers’ professional development level in rural schools.

The conference was attended by the scientists of the National Education Academy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the representatives of Estonia, Uzbekistan, scientists of the universities of Almaty, Pavlodar, trainers of TEC, teachers, heads of regional, city, district methodological units, methodologists from all regions of the Republic.

Gulzhan T. Tulegenova, headmaster of S. Lastayev Secondary School of Education Department of Katon-Karagai district of Education Administration of East Kazakhstan region addressed the conference on “Auyl mektebi” zhobasy - mekteptin tabysty damu zholy” and Erasyl E. Khamitov, a young teacher of art of Zhanaaul Basic Secondary School of Education Department of Kurchum district of Education Administration of East Kazakhstan region on “Auyl mektebi zhagdaiynda korkem enbek paninde shygarmashylyk zhobalardy zhuzege asyru”, they shared their experience regarding introducing innovative methods and approaches to improve the education quality in rural schools.

Following the results of the conference, recommendations were developed to determine the priority areas for the activities of rural schools.