12 bln 700 mln for elimination of kindergartens shortage – Education Minister

ASTANA. KAZINFORM 12 bln 700 mln tenge is envisaged for provision of 92 thousand children with pre-school training, Minister of Education and Science Aslan Sarinzhipov told at the Government's telephone conference in Astana today.

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As the Minister explained, the funds will be allocated under the Nurly Zhol Program.

According to the Ministry’s data, per capita monthly financing in pre-school facilities in 2015 makes 16,200 tenge from the national budget and 16,000-23,600 tenge from the local budgets.

45,000-50,000 tenge is the average monthly payment in private kindergartens. Some kindergartens can be partly sponsored by the government.