Lead-in to the video 180 years to I. Altynsarin

Kel, balalar, oқylyқ! Every Kazakh schoolchild knows this call of the outstanding Kazakh educator Ibrai Altynsarin. Writer, scientist-ethnographer, publicist, public figure, I. Altynsarin is one of the founders of the Kazakh written literature and literary language, the author of the first Kazakh textbooks.

One of his main achievements is the opening of educational institutions. Thanks to his perseverance, patriotism and humanistic convictions, I. Altynsarin achieved the creation of four two-year Russian-Kyrgyz, one craft, five volost schools, as well as a teacher's school, thereby laying the foundations of secular education in the Kazakh steppe.

As a public figure, Ibrai Altynsarin was actively involved in protecting the interests of ordinary workers. In this regard, his works on the transformation of the socio-economic system and economic life of the Kazakh aul deserve special attention.

The library of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan - Elbasy has prepared a video dedicated to the 180th anniversary of the birth of Ibrai Altynsarin, whose huge educational contribution will always be in the memory of the people.