PRESS RELEASE of online dictation, dedicated to the 175th anniversary of Abai Kunanbayev among students of grades 7-10 of general education institutions of East Kazakhstan region

On April 23-24, 2020, Education Administration of East Kazakhstan region holds an online dictation, dedicated to the 175th anniversary of Abai Kunanbayev (hereinafter referred to as online dictation) among students of grades 7-10 of educational institutions of the region according to the regional action plan for preparing and holding the 175th anniversary of Abai Kunanbayev.

The purpose of the event is to promote the literary heritage of the Kazakh people via distance learning technologies, to increase interest of students in studying classical Kazakh literature, to promote the Abai’s creativity, to develop the aesthetic sense of students, to promote high morality, spiritual culture of the younger generation through acquaintance with the Abai’s works, as well as with the literary works, written about the great enlightener of the Kazakh people.

The interactive dictation is based on the materials of the Abai’s works as well as on the literary works written about the great enlightener of the Kazakh people in the Kazakh and Russian languages, interactively through the educational portal of Education Administration of East Kazakhstan region.

About 3,000 schoolchildren from all districts and cities of the region will write the dictation.

The works of the participants will be evaluated according to two criteria: the correspondence of the work with the original text and the reliability of the answers according to the rules and dictation points.

The winners of the interactive dictation will participate during the summer holidays in the study tour to the museums of Semey city, the Abai-Shakarim and Zhidebai memorial complex in Abai district.

For additional information, please, call at 8-777-742-19-01.