Since 2023, at the initiative of the Head of State, the project "1000 leaders of changes in education" has been implemented, aimed at selecting and training leaders of a new format.
In the first year of the program, 207 participants were enrolled in the republican personnel reserve, 180 of whom were appointed heads of state educational organizations. According to the results of the second stream, which ended in 2024, 376 teachers were enrolled. Of these, 50 have already taken the positions of school principals, and about 40 have become deputy principals.
Meiram Bektemirov became one of the participants of the project. After working at the Petropavlovsk city school, in January 2025 he became the head of a rural school in the Kyzylzhar district of the North Kazakhstan region.
"I found out about the project last year and started actively preparing. This is a great opportunity for educators. After going through all the selection stages, I realized how the competition not only evaluates professional skills, but also helps to look at familiar tasks in a new way. This experience allowed me to find innovative approaches and enrich my professional vision. Today, at our school, we are implementing an innovative scheduling program using the ASC Timetable system, which greatly simplifies the organization of the educational process. I also share my experience with colleagues in the region," said Meiram Bektemirov.
The project, inspired by the Presidential Youth Personnel Reserve, has been implemented by the Ministry of Education since 2023. In 2024, the number of people willing to participate increased 2.5 times. The program includes teachers from kindergartens, schools and colleges.
The selection process for the personnel reserve took place in five stages: testing to assess professional and managerial competencies, training, internship at leading schools in the country, final assessment and interview with the republican commission.

Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/edu/press/news/details/921690