This year, 186,000 students graduated
from the 11th grade in Kazakhstan. Over 7,400 of them, which is every 25th
graduate, were awarded the Altyn Belgi badge. According to the Kazakh Ministry
of Education, more than 13,000 graduates received a general secondary education
certificate with honors. It bears noting that the Altyn Belgi award is given for
excellent studies in all subjects from fifth to 11th grade.
«In accordance with the current
rules of the Law on Education in Kazakhstan, when distributing educational
grants for entering universities, preference is given to candidates with the
Atyn belgi badge and certificates with honors, as well as winners of
international and national olympiads, in case of equal scores. Thus, these
individuals will receive grants to study in Kazakh universities,» said Sara
Yerisheva, chief expert at the Secondary Education Committee of the Kazakh Ministry
of Education.
Meanwhile, the Kazakh Ministry of Science and
Higher Education has provided intermediate results of the high school
graduation examination that has been taken 164,000 times since its inception. Thus,
74 percent of applicants took it in Kazakh, 26 percent in Russian, while 115
graduates in English. Overall, 76 percent of participants achieved a passing
score.
