Over 2, 000 school graduates qualify for Altyn Belgi honors
12:27, 26 May 2009
ASTANA. May 26. KAZINFORM /Aigul Tulekbayeva/ Over 2, 000 distinguished school graduates of Kazakhstan qualify for the Altyn Belgi gold medal, Minister of Education and Science Zhansseit Tuimebayev has said at the Government?s session today.
According to the preliminary data, about 80% of graduates (108, 672) will undergo the unified national test. 65, 000 of them will pass it in the Kazakh language and over 42, 000 ? in Russian.
As is known, Altyn Belgi awardees, winners of international school Olympiads, scientific and sports competitions during the last three years, as well as the winners awarded with the I, II and III degree diplomas will qualify for the state educational grant.
Repatriates, individuals with disabilities of the I and II category, individuals disabled from childhood, disabled children, orphans and the children left without parental care are provided with special quotas for studying at the country's universities and colleges.