In the light of modernization, the Head of State defines the sphere of education among the most important priorities and sets the task "to make education the central link of a new model of economic growth. Target the curriculum to develop the abilities of critical thinking and the skills of independent information retrieval. " Already today, educational programs are being revised with an emphasis on the formation of IT knowledge, development of critical thinking, trilingual education. The transition to the Latin alphabet has begun, which will allow Kazakhstan not only to integrate faster into the world educational and information space, introduce advanced technologies, but also to preserve the features, the original nature of the Kazakh language. In Almaty, the tasks set by the Head of State are being fully implemented. According to the head of the city, the key goal is to strengthen the metropolis as a center of education and science in the country, maintaining the leading positions in the level of preparation of students, the quality of the teaching staff.

"The head of state announced in his program article" Bolashak Badar: Ruhani zhangyru "about the modernization of public consciousness. The change in thinking in accordance with the challenges of the time is a key condition for the formation of a united Nation of strong and responsible people, entry into 30 developed countries of the world. Our common goal is the formation of an educated, healthy young man, brought up in the spirit of a new Kazakhstan patriotism. Young people should become the main vehicles of the principles of modernization of consciousness, openness, and pragmatism. They must be faithful to their native language, native literature, cultural heritage, and be patriots of their country. From you, dear teachers, the future of our children depends, and accordingly the future of our city, the country. Worthy and talented teachers work in Almaty. I want to thank all of you for your hard, very responsible work. A real teacher is that person who knows how to ignite a spark of knowledge in a child, hope and faith in themselves, their strengths. It is the teacher who lays the foundation for the success of man, his future,"B. Baibek noted.

Over the past 5 years, the city has opened more than 280 kindergartens for 15,000 seats and 12 schools for almost 14,000 seats. Only last year, at the expense of the local budget, 4 kindergartens for 500 places were put into operation. Built and put into operation extensions to schools in md. "Shanyrak" and "Kalkaman" for 1,800 places.

This year the construction of 6 kindergartens was started. Construction of an extension to the school No. 156 in the micro district "Yazhet" for 600 pupils is underway. Funds have been allocated for the construction of schools and outbuildings in the Alatau and Nauryzbaysky districts for 2,600 pupils.

Within the framework of public-private partnership, 175 kindergartens and mini-centers for 5,700 places were opened at the expense of private funds last year. This year, 57 private gardens for 2000 places were commissioned. Support from business has saved about 14 billion tenge of budgetary funds.

At the Urban Planning Council of the city, when considering the construction of residential complexes, special attention is paid to schools and kindergartens. Over the past 2 years, it was decided at the expense of investors to build 54 kindergartens for 7,000 seats. 24 kindergartens for 3 thousand places will be transferred to communal property. Thanks to this, the budget saved almost 24 billion tenge.

This year, for the first time, 28 sites of education are being seismically reinforced. Over 23 billion tenge was allocated for these purposes. According to the plan before the start of the new academic year, seismic reinforcement work will be completed at 10 sites, 4 schools and 6 kindergartens. In October, the work will end in 9 schools, and in December - 8 schools and the House of Hope.

On behalf of the Head of State this year, the project "Free Vocational and Technical Education for All" is being implemented. From the city budget allocated 1.5 billion tenge. This will allow for free training of 11 thousand people in the labor market specialties in demand on the labor market. The number of places for short-term vocational training courses has increased 14 times, which is almost 7 thousand people.

"Today, parents give the last money to pay for their child's education at the university. They do not think whether he will later find work in the specialty. So, annually in Almaty about 70% of graduates of universities remain in the city. But there is not so much work in their specialties. As a result, today many graduates can not get a job. In the market they are simply not in demand. At the same time, today there is a huge deficit of working specialties. Today the concept of "working specialty" has changed. This is not always a man in oil-soaked clothes. Today it is a specialist who owns IT-technologies, complex equipment, possesses creative thinking. Teachers need to actively explain these things to young people, parents, change their stereotypes and habits, orient themselves pragmatically to their future, the future of their children. This is a matter of changing consciousness. "Our ability to live rationally, with an emphasis on achieving real goals, with an emphasis on education, a healthy lifestyle and professional success, is what pragmatism is about in our behavior," said our Elbasy in his program article "Ruhani zharyrou."B.Baibek.

In his speech Almaty akim also noted that in many respects the environment determines the consciousness of a person. Focusing on this postulate, this year began a large-scale work on the transformation of the city, the formation of an open, favorable and comfortable urban environment.

"The philosophy of the" City for people "is to improve the urban space, affecting the quality, comfort of public life of citizens. The basic principles are the liberation of the city from the dominance of motor transport. Formation of efficient, sustainable public transport operating on market principles. Ensure the accessibility of citizens on foot or on bicycles. Transformation of the city is carried out by creating a quality infrastructure for pedestrians, freeing from visual debris - old billboards and kiosks, unnecessary advertising, solid wires over the heads. Public spaces are formed in proportion to the human scale. Pedestrian spaces invite citizens from apartments to the air. They offer parents and children a new, comfortable and active way of life. It develops healthy values - family, ecology, the right way of life," the akim of the city emphasized.

According to the governor of Almaty, it is in accordance with this understanding that capital construction and modernization of 30% of the historic city center - Zhibek Zholy, Panfilov, Gogol, Kabanbai batyr, Astana Square, Bayseitov, Tulebayev, and the Esentai River embankment are currently being implemented. These streets are reconstructed with a priority for pedestrians, where there will be cozy for recreation public spaces, pedestrian areas and bicycle paths, green spaces. More than 500 playgrounds will be opened by the end of the year

Today, work is also underway to form open mindedness among citizens, legal and financial culture. For this purpose, a transport card "Okay" was introduced, cashless settlement in street parking is being introduced, illegal business objects are being dismantled, etc. "These measures significantly reduced the share of the shadow economy, increased tax revenues, and these are the salaries of state employees, teachers and doctors, these are new kindergartens and School," he added.

In his speech, Bauryzhan Baibek noted that on the instructions of Elbasy, 2017 in Almaty was declared the "Year of Youth", a corresponding road map was developed. It is planned to build 4 hostels for 2 thousand seats. At the stage of readiness documents of another hostel for 1200 places. Together with Zhilstroysberbank, a unique program has been developed that gives an opportunity to obtain a preferential loan for young people to purchase a new apartment.

Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/almaty/press/news/details/14906?lang=kk