Since the beginning of this year, the Committee for the Protection of Children's Rights of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan has conducted inspections in 242 educational institutions, including 108 field visits and 13 unscheduled inspections based on complaints and appeals from residents.

Since 2024, new articles 52-1 and 52-2 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On the Rights of the Child" have entered into force, which establish a new procedure and requirements for state control over educational organizations and government bodies in regions and cities of republican significance. This work is aimed at identifying violations in the field of protection of children's rights.

Inspections were carried out in 25 education departments and eight regional education departments. As a result of the inspections, 15 officials were subject to administrative fines by court decision, and 65 persons were brought to disciplinary responsibility.

"The Ministry has revealed violations by local executive bodies in the field of protecting children's rights, including non-compliance of the school menu with established nutrition standards, lack of effective measures to influence children who systematically skip classes, non-compliance with the rules for providing social assistance to certain categories of students, etc. These problems require attention and active actions on the part of local authorities and educational organizations," said Nasymzhan Ospanova, Chairman of the committee.

As a result of the inspections, the Committee for the Protection of Children's Rights sent 121 recommendations and 151 instructions on the elimination of violations. An analysis of the implementation of recommendations is also being carried out on an ongoing basis, during which poor-quality implementation of these recommendations was revealed in the Turkestan, Zhambyl and Kyzylorda regions.

Recall that in accordance with Article 6 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Education" kindergartens, schools, organizations of additional education are under the jurisdiction of local executive bodies. Also, the appointment of the heads of these organizations is carried out by the departments of education located in the structure of akimats.
It should be noted that the work on ensuring and protecting the rights of children continues.

Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/edu/press/news/details/899989