About 80 kindergartens to be put into service in Kazakhstan in 2011-2013

ASTANA. March 12. KAZINFORM /Muratbek Makulbekov/ 79 new kindergartens will be built in Kazakhstan in 2011-2013. Executive secretary of Kazakh Education and Science Ministry Bolatbek Abdrassilov said it at the ministry's board meeting on Saturday.

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The state budget includes KZT 16.1 billion for the construction of 68 kindergartens this year," he said.

By 2015 it is planned to update five educational programs for pre-school organizations. In accordance with the president's address, 74 percent of children should be covered with pre-school education by 2015, and 100 percent - by 2020.