The Ministry of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry of Kazakhstan, together with government agencies and the startup Alaqan Technologies, is implementing a pilot project of biometric verification based on the palm print "Alaqan" in government institutions. This project is aimed at improving the safety of children in schools and kindergartens, controlling access of employees to public institutions and preventing misuse of budget funds.

At the moment, the Alaqan system has been installed in the Shymkent Akimat (in pilot mode), the Government for Citizens NGO, as well as in a number of schools and kindergartens. The purpose of this technology is to protect the rights and safety of children, register the entry and exit of employees, as well as identify fictitious records that can lead to excessive budget expenditures.

Today, the project covers 91 schools in Akmola region and 68 schools in Aktobe region. It has also been implemented in a pilot mode in one school in West Kazakhstan, Turkestan and Karaganda regions. In the next two years, it is planned to install the system in 150 schools of the Karaganda region.

In addition, within the framework of the Artsport and Darabala projects, the Alaqan system has already been successfully used to record visits to 19 additional education facilities in Kokshetau. As a result of the implementation, since March of this year, budget savings have amounted to more than 60 million tenge.

To date, more than 124 thousand schoolchildren and about 10 thousand school staff have been registered in the system. Taking into account the positive results, the possibility of expanding the project to strategically important facilities is being considered.

About Alaqan startup:

Since 2020, the company has been developing biometric solutions, including Alaqan Pay, Alaqan Mektep and Alaqan Business systems. The system has 250 thousand active users and conducts over 6 million identifications per month. The startup is actively developing in Kazakhstan, exploring the markets of Georgia, Armenia, and plans expansion into Africa, Southeast Asia and Saudi Arabia.

Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/mdai/press/news/details/878082