Kazakhstan
has started implementing the Comfortable School national project. The issue
of opening educational institutions with comfortable educational conditions was
discussed at the Government’s meeting. Thus, in 2024-2025, a total of 369 new-format
schools for 740,000 pupils will be built in the state. This is expected to
finally resolve the issues of overcrowded classrooms, emergency schools and
three-shift education. It bears noting that to date, corresponding roadmaps for
the construction of new educational institutions have been prepared for each
region. Standards for their technological equipment have been developed so far,
high-quality Internet connection will be provided at each school. The teaching
staff forming will also continue. Thus, in the coming years, it is planned to train
49,000 teachers of the new formation to the highest professional standards. Besides,
a corps of principals of comfortable schools is being trained. Kazakh Prime
Minister Alikhan Smailov stressed that within the implementation of the
national project, it is necessary to speed up the work on determining
contractors and land plots, as well as on preparing the necessary design and
estimate documentation. In general, the country is set to provide 1.5 million
student places with comfortable educational conditions in the nearest future.
Already in 2023, it is planned to open another 146 schools for 130,000 pupils.
