The city of Saran has risen to a new level thanks to the development of the industrial zone. Industries that had never existed before appeared here. For example, they should start producing refrigerators soon. It is planned to open a hot-dip galvanizing plant. Accordingly, the need for personnel has increased.
Which specialists need to be trained, and how to strengthen cooperation between education and business – these issues were discussed at the meeting in Sarani. The Saransk Technical College became the organizer of the round table. Representatives of existing enterprises and those who are preparing for the opening participated. The Career Center and the Chamber of Entrepreneurs of the Karaganda region also responded to the invitation.
– First of all, I want the locals to feel all the advantages of the industrial zone. In this regard, we are also not standing still. We want to develop with you. We will adapt to you, discover new specialties to meet your needs. I think local residents should be a priority: so that school graduates do not go to study in other cities, but can get a profession and get a job here in Saran," says Alina Yessimkhanova, director of the Saran Technical College.
She spoke about the plans to open the Polymer Manufacturing Competence Center. This is relevant because several enterprises in the city are working in this area.
New specialties will be opened at the college: "technology of polymer production", "installation and operation of refrigerating compressor machines and installations", "pipe production".
The college's social partners include companies operating in the industrial zone. The hot-dip galvanizing plant has not yet opened, but cooperation with it has already begun: a roadmap has been signed. There is an agreement on joint training of welding specialists.
There are currently 395 students enrolled at the college. 41% are covered by dual education. The goal is to move further in this direction so that students can gain practical skills in real–world conditions at enterprises.
A joint project is also being discussed with the Kazakhstan Khalqyna Foundation. The college wants to equip a modern workshop or laboratory for students studying in the specialty "underground electrician".
QazTehna company will open a personal office in the college, renovate the premises at its own expense.
– We have been working with Saransk Technical College since the very beginning of the launch of the enterprise. Every year we hire more students to practice and participate in dual education. In general, they faced difficulties in training personnel at the formative stage. For example, there is a single qualification directory of professions, and even there our main specialties were not there. I had to work a lot in this direction. We currently have a strategic partnership with four colleges in the Karaganda region. We are opening a specialty "painter of motor vehicles" with the Transport and Technological College. This year, Kazakhstan was the first to open the Bachelor's degree program in automotive Engineering with Karaganda Industrial University," said Aidos Aitbayev, Head of the QazTehna Corporate University.
New memorandums of partnership between the college and enterprises were also signed at the meeting.

Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/karaganda/press/news/details/923265