At a meeting of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Gani Beisembayev focused on the measures taken to increase the prestige of working professions.
According to him, the state has adopted a new standard for financing vocational colleges. The average amount of funds allocated for the education of one student is 437 thousand tenge, and from the new academic year for colleges that have achieved specific indicators it will increase by more than 2 times and amount to 912 thousand tenge on average.
"Training competitive specialists, fully providing educational institutions with modern material and technical equipment, and professional development of teachers is our top priority," the minister said.
It is planned to actively involve business structures and investors to develop a system of dual education and specialist training based on a targeted order from enterprises.
Currently, 518 enterprises provide patronage over colleges, their number is planned to increase to 4 thousand. Taking into account the requirements of professional standards, state educational standards and WorldSkills standards, about 8 thousand educational programs have been developed. This year, colleges and employers will develop more than 2 thousand educational programs, and 1.5 thousand teachers will be trained at the production base.

Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/edu/press/news/details/914274