74 private kindergartens to open in Almaty region in 2016

"74 private kindergartens will open in the region this year. It will help to increase the embracement of children with pre-school education up to 87%," he said.

A. Batalov noted that thanks to the public-private partnership big investors were attracted to pre-school education sphere. Thus, a kindergarten for 500 children and a kindergarten for 240 children were opened in Ili and Karasai districts respectively.

Besides, 99 kindergartens were opened within "Balapan" Program last year.