«BILIKTI MAMAN»
The Project Aim
In order to reduce the outflow of graduates from schools in the region, the Department of Education has developed the project "Bilikti Maman".
As part of the implementation of this project, since 2017, educational grants have been allocated from the local budget to pay for higher education, taking into account the need for personnel for the regional economy (in 2017 y. - 200 grants, in 2018 y.- 446 grants, in 2019 y. - 400 grants and in 2020 y. - 400 grants).
Result
Within the framework of this project, taking into account the needs of the regional labor market, 2,232 educational grants have been allocated from the local budget over nine years, including 270 grants in the current academic year in the areas of education, medicine, information and communication technologies, business management and law, social sciences, journalism, engineering, processing and construction industries, agriculture, and services.
The award of educational grants at the expense of the local budget is regulated by the Rules for awarding educational grants to pay for higher education, approved by the Order of the Acting Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated August 25, 2023 No. 443. (hereinafter referred to as the Rules), where the main criterion is the result of ranking points obtained at the UNT, from higher to lower.
A student enrolled in this project after graduation must work in the field for a certain period specified in the tripartite agreement, at least three years.
Over the past three years, the number of graduates from this project has amounted to 648 people, the percentage of employed and employed is 100%, including the percentage of employed -70%.
To date, there have already been positive results in the implementation of this project, i.e. we see that the outflow of school graduates to foreign universities has significantly decreased from 1,800 to 252.