Republican Challenge “My favorite book is Abai’s works”

On February 28, 2025, the Republican challenge “My favorite book is Abai’s works”, organized by the Republican Scientific and Pedagogical Library of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan took place to mark the 180th anniversary of Abai Kunanbayev.

Education departments, representatives of methodological centers, school teachers and school students from 17 regions and 3 republican cities participated in the challenge.

East Kazakhstan region pick up the challenge from Ulytau region to read Abai’s words of wisdom. The challenge was then passed on to Almaty city, with East Kazakhstan reading Abai’s poems.

During the challenge, students of BILIM-INNOVATION East Kazakhstan Regional Specialized Lyceum for Gifted Children of Ust-Kamenogorsk city of Education Administration of East Kazakhstan region, portrayed Abai, reciting his first and seventeenth words of wisdom, sang a song. Their contribution was highly praised by the organizers and participants.

According to the results of the challenge, educational organizations were instructed to read Abai’s works by the end of December 2025.