Within the framework of the Year of Working Professions initiated by the Head of State, a National Competence Center will be created in Astana on behalf of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan to support and develop students of technical and vocational education.
The National Competence Center will serve as a dialogue platform for business and a personnel training system, and will also become a single training base for preparing students of technical and vocational education (VET) for international professional skills competitions, developing the expert community and increasing the popularity of working professions.
"The Year of Working Professions announced by the Head of State underlines the importance of technical and vocational education for the whole country. The opening of the National Competence Center will be a key step in the implementation of the strategy to improve the quality of education and the attractiveness of working professions. The center will be the basis for the preparation of the national team for the WorldSkills World Championships, will ensure the creation of the main regional base for retraining and advanced training, will become an important dialogue platform for business and educational institutions, which contributes to improving interaction between employers and the system of training specialists," said Minister of Education Gani Beisembayev, speaking at the closing of the IX Republican WorldSkills Championship Kazakhstan – 2024.
It should be noted that similar centers are successfully operating in countries such as China, South Korea and Russia, which have already demonstrated their effectiveness in training highly qualified specialists. Worldwide, the WorldSkills movement is one of the main tools for increasing the prestige of working professions. The national team of Kazakhstan has successfully represented the country in the international arena since 2014.

Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/edu/press/news/details/887530