Education Ministry and N Kazakhstan sign a memo
ASTANA. KAZINFORM During the working visit of Deputy Prime Minister Gulshara Abdykalikova and Minister of Education and Science Aslan Sarinzhipov to the North Kazakhstan region, the Ministry of Education and the region's administration signed a memorandum on the achievement of targets in the field of education and youth policy for 2014-2016, the press service of the ministry said.
Members of the Government of Kazakhstan visited social objects, including schools in Yessil and Kyzylzhar districts. Deputy Prime Minister G.Abdykalikova urged the region's authorities to address the problem of shortage of seats in schools with the state language of instruction, the primemisnister.kz reports.
She also pointed out a problem connected with a big number of small schools.
There are 463 or 81% of small schools in the region. 29,281 pupils, representing 40.8% of the total contingent of pupils are trained at those schools.
Gulshara Abdikalikova also met with students and teachers of the Kozybayev North Kazakhstan State University. They discussed the quality of higher education, attracting young scientists in science and educational work with young people.