In six districts of the capital, "Open Days" will be held for parents and legal representatives of children to explain the voucher financing system in preschool organizations. This was announced at a briefing in the capital's communications service by the head of the Astana City Education Department, Kasymkhan Sengazyev, the official website of the Astana Akimat reports.
In January 2025, Astana will introduce a voucher financing system for preschool organizations. So, starting in November 2024, the Department of Education began preparatory activities, during which employees and management of the Department were sent to Shymkent and Taraz to exchange experiences.
To date, the joint roadmap with the Financial Center Joint Stock Company, agreed with the Department of Education, has been approved.
"Since December 17 of this year, the Department of Education, together with JSC Financial Center, has been carrying out planned activities to train private and public preschool organizations to receive a state educational order, switch to voucher financing, methodological and technical changes.
As a result of the events, 600 managers and responsible specialists of preschool organizations took part in the training seminar on the topic "Transition of preschool organizations in Astana to voucher financing," the head of the department said.
Thus, the update in the INDIGO information system and the work on the distribution of queues into categories will be carried out from December 26 to December 30 of this year. The services in the system will be unavailable on the specified days.
In addition, from December 24 to December 27, from 9:00 to 18:00, "Open Days" for parents and legal representatives of the child will be held in 6 districts of the city.:
Almaty district: Al-Farabi Palace of Schoolchildren, B.Momyshuly Avenue, 5.
Baikonur district: Lyceum school No. 8, S.Seifullin Street, 50.
Yesil district: Lyceum school No. 66 named after D. Konaev, D.Konaev street, 33/1.
Nur district: Lyceum school No. 79, M.Narikbaev street, 3.
Saryarka district: M. Utemisov School Students' Palace, 1 A. Mambetov Street.
Saraishyk district: Lyceum school No. 93, Zh. street. Najvedenov, 24.
Also, to receive methodological assistance, parents can contact the counseling centers at state preschool organizations or, if they have any questions, contact the Department of Preschool Education and Training of the Astana City Education Department by phone: 55-68-64, 55-72-49, 55-68-74.

Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/astana/press/news/details/907632