Government discussed results of preparation for new school year
Almaty. August 14. Kazakhstan Today - A session of the Government of Kazakhstan chaired by Prime Minister Karim Massimov was held in the Ukimet Uyi today, Kazakhstan Today reports.
As the Prime Minister's official website writes, the issues of preparation for a new school year were discussed at the meeting. Minister of Education and Science of Kazakhstan Bakytzhan Zhumagulov told about the preparedness of education institutions for the upcoming school year of 2013-2013.
7690 schools will open their doors on September 1. Over 2.5 million children are to attend these schools. Thereat, 61 new schools for 25 thousand students are planned to be opened by the beginning of a new school year. 16 small schools with the number of students totaling 166 people were closed this year.
According to the Minister, minor repairs worth 5.2 billion tenge are conducted in 5953 schools. The repair works are finished in all schools of Almaty, Atyrau, Karaganda, Kyzylorda, Pavlodar regions. In the rest of the regions, the works near completion.
Besides, capital repair of the heating systems, roofs as well as sanitary engineering works and electric works are underway in 596 schools of the country. In whole, the repair works are 80% complete.
In accordance with the Education Ministry, the level of provision of textbooks will reach 95% in the country. Republished textbooks and teaching materials for the 1st, 7th and 8th grades are to be introduced in the education process in 2012-2013. In 2012, 7.5 bln tenge was allocated to the akimats for procurement of study materials for education institutions or 1.5 billion tenge more than in 2011.
293315 teachers work in the schools of the country. Currently, the demand for teachers makes 1883 people. It is worth noting that graduates of pedagogical institutions studied on the rural quota were employed this year as well.
"In whole, the preparation for a new school year successfully nears completion. All mechanisms of monitoring and control, interaction between the Ministry and the local executive bodies are applied. Necessary methodological and legal basis was prepared, study materials were procured. New education facilities are launched, minor and capital repairs of education facilities near completion," Bakytzhan Zhumagulov said.
Summing up results of the session, Prime Minister Karim Massimov charged the Minister of Education and Science to coordinate the preparation for the upcoming school year jointly with the regional governors.
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