President's goal is to change attitude of Kazakhstanis towards education

12:58, 4 November 2009

ATY. November 3. KAZINFORM /Aygul Turysbekova/ - The personnel of the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University is aware of its responsibility before the country for professional and moral upbringing of the student youth and appeals the intellectual community of the country to use their best endeavors in implementation of the Intelligent Nation-2020 project, the annual Address of the University advisors reads.

"The Head of the State gave a new definition of our university - the 'outpost of education and science of new Kazakhstan", KazNU Principal Bakhytzhan Zhumagulov says.

The results of the initial stage of credit system introduction were discussed at the meeting. Quite soon there will be formed a system of selective disciplines that will allow students to select classes. It was also pointed out that the main objective of internationalization of education is to achieve academic mobility of students that will enable them to study various subjects at foreign universities. Hence it is important to revive international cooperation with the world's best universities, elaborate an effective mechanism of international credit transfer, internship programs and many other opportunities.

"The President's goal is to change the attitude of Kazakhstanis towards education and intellectual development of the nation, and this must be the corner-stone goal for all of us", B. Zhumagulov said.

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