PROFESSIONALS AGAINST CORRUPTION

On February 4, 2025, East Kazakhstan Regional Department of the Anti-Corruption Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Education Administration of East Kazakhstan region and Ust-Kamenogorsk Multidisciplinary Technological College held a regional professional skills competition “Professionals against Corruption”, dedicated to the Year of Skilled Trades.

The goal of the competition was to popularize skilled professions among college students; demonstrate their professional skills; and foster an anti-corruption culture.

At the opening of the competition, Deputy Head of Education Administration of East Kazakhstan region A. Akylbek, Head of East Kazakhstan Regional Department of the Anti-Corruption Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan A. Beisembayev welcomed the participants of the regional competition. They emphasized that integrity and honesty are crucial in addition to professional experience and knowledge. “Honesty builds trust that future professionals earn from colleagues, clients, and people they will work with.  

The college teams competed in three rounds. The first round was a theoretical test, the second round was practical “Mastery in Action”: students performed practical tasks demonstrating their skills, accuracy and creativity in the specialties “Electrical equipment (by type and industry)”, “Catering”.

The final round involved debates on the topic: “Why integrity is a key success factor in skilled trades.”

According to the results of the competition, the winners and prize-winners were announced in the individual categories.  

In the category “Debate on integrity”:

I place - Ridder College,

II place – the team of Ust-Kamenogorsk Multidisciplinary Technological College,

III place - the picked team: Glubokoe Agrarian College and Glubokoe Technical College.

In the category “Catering”:

I place - Valeriya Dyachkova, Technological College of Altai town,

II place – Oksana Tamilova, Ust-Kamenogorsk Multidisciplinary Technological College,

III place - Varvara Borovikova, Serebryansk Technological College.

In the category “Electrical equipment (by type and industry)”:

I place - Madiyar Soltashev, Ust-Kamenogorsk Multidisciplinary Technological College,  

II place - Denis Laptev, Glubokoe Technical College,

III place - Nikita Artamonov, Serebryansk Technological College.

Overall team results:

I place - the team of Ust-Kamenogorsk Multidisciplinary Technological College,

II place - the team of Serebryansk Technological College;

III place - the picked team: Glubokoe Agrarian College and Glubokoe Technical College.  

Our congratulations to all the winners, and we wish them further success in their professional journeys!