Kazakhstan considers shortening of school summer vacations
The Ministry of Education and Science is looking into shortening the school summer vacation period that currently makes three months.
Higher salaries teacher's will not improve status of profession
Improving the status of a teacher as a vocation is not only limited to raising salaries. It is important to stimulate teachers intellectually and develop professionally.
Tablet computers in Kazakhstan schools by 2012
School children in Kazakhstan will be provided with tablet computers by 2020: Kazakhstan Education Minister Bakytzhan Zhumagulov.
Kazakhstan to switch to 12-year education in several steps
Detailed plan of switching to 12-year education has been developed in Kazakhstan.
Salaries of Kazakhstan residents are not enough to prepare kids for school
Around 23 percent of Kazakhstan residents spent their whole month salaries to prepare their children to school and some even had to find additional sources of money.
522 schools to be built in Kazakhstan within 5 years
We plan to build 522 new schools in the coming 5 years. This is a very good pace: Education and Science Minister.
75 Almaty schools to transit to 12-year education cycle in 2015
Preparation for transition to the 12-year education cycle is a priority for Almaty education system.
Kazakhstani schools to get 600 laptops and ipads
Kazakhstan schools will get 300 laptops and 300 tablet computers as part of a pilot project. If the project proves its worth 926 schools will get the devices in 2013.
Schools to get 500 thousand new computers
Ministry of Education and Science of Kazakhstan will purchase half of a million of up-to-date computers for schools.