Salaries of those who teach with updated program increased by 30% - Y. Sagadiyev

Thus, the coverage of preschool education for children aged 3-6 is 93%. Since this year, automated distribution of kindergarten places has been launched in 25 cities and 6 districts. Until the end of the year, all areas will be transferred to this system. The process of issuing appointments through the integration of electronic government and E-Akimat system have been automated.

In secondary education, the transition to programs of updated content continues. Since last year, first, second, fifth, seventh grades are being trained on the basis of new curricula and textbooks. From September, third, sixth, eights classes will be transferred to updated content.

"Until the end of the year, 75% of children will be covered by the updated content of education, in two years about 150 thousand teachers were trained on updated programs," Sagadiyev noted.

This year, another 73,000 teachers are being trained. According to the instruction of the Head of State, the salaries of 205,000 teachers (67%), who teach on the updated content, were raised by 30%. A new system for the certification of teachers has been introduced. Approximately 60,000 teachers took part in certification, of which more than 36,000 teachers (63%) passed certification.

“The Qazaq Times”