The Minister of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Colonel General Ruslan Zhaksylykov, held a meeting with the heads of military departments of higher educational institutions of the country.
The head of the Defense Department brought his views on the development of military education to the participants of the meeting. He instructed to review the military training programs for reserve officers and sergeants at military departments, taking into account the criteria set by the Armed Forces.
- In light of the current geopolitical situation, the President of the country, the Supreme Commander–in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan, pays close attention to the development of training citizens for military service. But at the same time, we do not pay due attention to reserve officers. All activities of military departments should be aimed at obtaining solid knowledge of military affairs. The range of activities of military departments should expand. They should become centers of military training and military-patriotic education of young people," the Minister of Defense noted.
Currently, work is underway to make additions and amendments to some legislative acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan to improve military training and retraining of military personnel. As part of the new requirements, the Ministry of Defense will be given the competence to monitor and analyze military training in educational institutions. In addition, training of reserve rank-and-file will be introduced at military departments in certain scarce specialties.
- The military department is not one of the ways to get a military ID, it is not an opportunity to "skip" the service. First of all, this is our reserve. Commissioned officers and military personnel who have graduated from the military department must join the troops and apply their knowledge in practice. And your task is to educate them in the spirit of high patriotism," the Defense Minister continued.
During the meeting, reports were announced on the current status of accounting for reserve officers and sergeants who graduated from the military department and their conscription. The head of the Military Department of Astana IT University, Major General Alexander Ashirov, reported on the change of curricula and adaptation of the program of training camps held at the military department by analogy with the Sardar course.
The training camp continued at the Military College named after Hero of the Soviet Union Army General Sagadat Nurmagambetov, where the heads of military departments were tested for knowledge of normative legal acts. Recall that 41 military departments operate in organizations of higher and postgraduate education, where about 15 thousand students are trained according to the programs of reserve officers and sergeants.

Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/mod/press/news/details/875662