“ZHAS MAMAN”
The Project Aim
The goal of the Project is to modernize colleges in 100 most demanded professions and introduce international experience while training qualified specialists. Opening on the basis of leading colleges of Competence Centers in 10 sectors of the economy, equipped according to the international standards.
Mission of Competence Centers
- improving the professional skills of students - conducting in-service education programs for college students of the region.
- improving the professional skills of the participants of the championships - holding training camps to prepare for the WorldSkills Championships.
- increasing the level of professional competence of the engineering and teaching staff of colleges - conducting traineeship for production masters.
Thus, professional training in key specialties will be concentrated in the Competence Centers, which provide students from other colleges with the opportunity to be trained applying the equipment that meets the WorldSkills standards.
Result
The result of the project implementation is to improve the quality of educational services, preparing competitive personnel, increasing the employment rate of college graduates, as well as enhancing the attractiveness of technical and vocational education.
In 2020, 155 items of equipment and machinery were purchased in the amount of KZT1,304,050.0 thous., in total - 463 units to equip 23 laboratories and 12 workshops and opening 5 Competence Centers based on leading colleges, including:
in East Kazakhstan region:
- in the direction of “Energy”, Ust-Kamenogorsk Higher Polytechnic College - in the amount of KZT245,524.1 thous., to purchase 44 items of equipment, a total of 137 units. (to equip 4 laboratories and 1 workshop);
- in the direction of “Metallurgy”, Ridder Agrarian and Technical College - in the amount of KZT272,037.1 thous., to purchase 46 items of equipment, a total of 164 units. (to equip 8 laboratories and 1 workshop);
- in the direction of “Agriculture”, East Kazakhstan Agricultural College - in the amount of KZT289,647.2 thous., to purchase 16 items of equipment, a total of 21 units. (to equip 3 laboratories and 3 workshops).
in Abai region:
- in the IT direction, Electrotechnical College - in the amount of KZT213,608.6 thous., to purchase 21 items of equipment, a total of 87 units. (to equip 5 laboratories and 4 workshops);
- in the direction of “Transport”, Transport College in the amount of KZT283,234.7 thous., to purchase 28 items of equipment, a total of 54 units. (to equip 3 laboratories and 3 workshops).
In 2021, KZT1,256,405.6 thous. was allocated from the republican budget to implement the project in East Kazakhstan region in order to purchase 247 items of equipment and machinery in total - 653 units to equip 10 laboratories and 20 workshops as well as to open 5 Competence Centers based on leading colleges, including:
in East Kazakhstan region:
- in the direction of “Construction industry” (4 specialties), Ust-Kamenogorsk Construction College, in the amount of KZT314,163.5 thous., to purchase 59 items of equipment, in total - 70 units. (to equip 6 workshops).
in Abai region:
- in the direction of “Services” (3 specialties), Business and Service College - in the amount of KZT109 154.2 thous., to purchase of 47 items of equipment, a total of 135 units. (to equip 6 laboratories and 5 workshops);
- in the direction of “Geology” (2 specialties), Geological Prospecting College - in the amount of KZT409,549.7 thous., to purchase 25 items of equipment, in total - 70 units. (to equip 1 laboratory and 3 workshops);
- in the direction of “Communication, telecommunications” (2 specialties), College of Radio Engineering and Communications in the amount of KZT165,928.9 thous., to purchase 48 items of equipment, in total - 176 units. (to equip 3 laboratories and 2 workshops);
- in the direction of “Construction industry” (2 specialties), Construction College, Semey city, in the amount of KZT257,609.3 thous., to purchase 68 items of equipment, in total - 202 units. (to equip 4 workshops).
Moreover, the colleges which participate in the project established the working group for equipment commissioning, consisting of maslikhat deputies, representatives of the anti-corruption service and regional chambers of entrepreneurs, independent experts.
In 10 colleges, in accordance with the terms of contractual obligations, suppliers of equipment and machinery installed and adjusted equipment with compulsory 36, 48, 72-hour training courses for teachers of special disciplines and masters of industrial training. 300 people received certificates.