Kazakhstan to build 200 new schools in 2025
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Since 2019 Kazakhstan has been developing large infrastructure projects to build 1,200 new schools for over 1 million seats countrywide, Kazinform News Agency reports.
422 schools for 510,000 seats were commissioned in 2023 and 2024 to solve the lack of seats in 200 schools across Kazakhstan and three-shift schooling problems.
217 schools for 460,00 seats will be built in Kazakhstan by the yearend under the Comfortable School national project initiated by the Head of State. 105 new schools were constructed in 2024, of which 40% were in rural areas. Construction of 112 more comfortable schools will be completed this year.
89 schools for 100,000 seats were built using the recovered assets countrywide. 61 of which for 74,400 seats were already put into service.
Besides, for the past three years over 4,000 schools were updated, and over 2,000 were equipped with modern chemistry, biology, and physics classes in district centers and villages.
200 schools more for 300,000 seats will be built in Kazakhstan in 2025, an official spokesperson of the Kazakh Enlightenment Ministry Mereke Amangeldykyzy said.
She added the Head of State tasked to renovate almost 1,300 schools, including 900 rural ones.
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President Tokayev rebukes government bodies at Kazakh Security Council sitting
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President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev chaired the regular sitting of the Kazakh Security Council on Tuesday, Kazinform News Agency has learnt from the Telegram channel of Advisor of the President - Press Secretary of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Ruslan Zheldibay, Kazinform News Agency reports.
During the sitting, there was a detailed discussion with critical remarks addressed to all relevant government bodies.
The Head of State emphasized the need to strengthen joint and coordinated efforts aimed at countering extremism, terrorism, and enhancing national security in all its aspects.
President Tokayev took the floor to deliver analytical remarks on the state of affairs in those areas, highlighting the critical importance of organizing work based on the concept of "Law and Order".
He stressed the exceptional relevance of ensuring food and environmental security, as well as the development of digital tools and artificial intelligence in order to address the issues of concern for the country's citizens.
The Head of State instructed the Government to focus its efforts on implementing the program for building a Just Kazakhstan in the interests of the entire society.
Earlier, it was reported that during the sitting President Tokayev pointed out that national security strategy development should be assessed by specific results.
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Almassadam Satkaliyev named new Chairman of Nuclear Energy Agency
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Kazakhstan has announced the appointment of Almassadam Satkaliyev as the Chairman of the newly established Nuclear Energy Agency, Kazinform News Agency reports.
Satkaliyev has been relieved of his duties as the Energy Minister by the corresponding decree signed by the Head of State, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
Born in 1970 in Almaty, Almasadam Satkaliyev graduated from the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, the Nazarbayev University and the Stanford University. Throughout his career, he worked for many Kazakhstani companies, namely KazTransOil, KEGOC, Samruk Energy and so on.
In 2021-2023, he took up the post of the Chairman of the Board of Samruk Kazyna.
In April 2023, Satkaliyev was appointed as the Energy Minister of Kazakhstan.
Earlier, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev of Kazakhstan signed a decree on steps for further improvement of public administration in Kazakhstan, providing for establishment of a Nuclear Energy Agency.
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Kazakhstan's film output to grow by 58% by 2024
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At the Government session chaired by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan Olzhas Bektenov considered the development of creative industries and digitalisation of culture and art, primeminister.kz reports.
The reports were made by the Minister of Culture and Information Aida Balayeva, Minister of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry Zhaslan Madiyev. The floor was also given to representatives of the creative environment: poetess and musician, founder of the network of creative hubs Ozge Epic Makpal Zhumabai, General Director of the production centre TOP PRO CINEMA Alexander Aksyutitsu; management of IT-companies - founder and CEO of Game Of Drones Abylaikhan Zhakanov, co-founder and CEO of Sazalem Nuraiym Musalieva.
Today, the creative industry of Kazakhstan is represented by 12 areas, which employs about 143,600 people. In the sphere of digitalisation the Ministry of Culture and Information supports 4 information systems: e-Archive, NGO Database, e-Library, e-Cinema.
During the meeting, it was noted that the world export of creative goods and services exceeded $250 billion by the end of last year. According to the forecasts of the research company G20 Insights, by 2030, the share of the creative economy will account for at least 10 per cent of the world GDP.
Prime Minister stressed that the Head of State had set a task to develop measures to support the development of the creative industry. As part of the implementation of the order, the relevant legislative framework has been adopted. As a result of the measures taken since 2019, the creative economy in Kazakhstan has grown more than 3 times. However, its contribution to the country's GDP is about 1%. At the same time, the growth rate of some ‘creative’ industries is higher than that of certain production spheres.
Last year a significant contribution to gross value added was given by the development of computer games - this is about 460 billion tenge. Last year, the output of Kazakhstani films grew by 58 per cent. Among the top 10 box office films, every second film was a domestic production. Collections from foreign and domestic films were roughly equalised. This indicates the growing interest of viewers in national content.
At the meeting of the Kurultai, the Head of State instructed to pay special attention to the films and TV series. The main thing should not be the quantity and maximum profit from the projects. It should be really high-quality cinema," Olzhas Bektenov said.
Head of the Government emphasised that good cinema requires investment of appropriate funds that can be received from distribution. However, today the main profit from the screening of films remains with the owners of cinemas. The need to balance the interests of producers and distributors of film products was noted.
Olzhas Bektenov emphasised that in order to ensure transparency of revenues and respect for copyrights it is necessary to launch a platform e-cinema. In order to preserve documents and improve the efficiency of archives should also pay attention to the further development of the information system e-Archive, to complete the work on synchronisation of existing data with the online platform Batyrlarga tagzym.
The importance of work with existing platforms was noted. So, today in the system e-library there is an opportunity to access books from classics to modern editions. The popularity of audiobooks is growing, in connection with which it is important to place the works of Kazakhstani authors on online platforms in different languages to popularise domestic literature, including abroad.
Special attention should be paid to the digitalisation of museums. In addition, it is necessary to introduce a unified electronic ticketing system for cultural organisations.
The Head of the Government has instructed the Ministry of Culture and Information with all interested state bodies to create a Creative Industry Development Fund by 1 July this year to attract investment, finance projects, as well as promote export of Kazakhstani creative products. Taking into account regional peculiarities, it is important to introduce point measures of state support for creative projects.
The Ministries of Culture and Information, National Economy, Finance and interested state bodies have been tasked with developing a concept for the further development of creative industries for 2026-2030.
Akimats of Akmola, Almaty, Zhetysu, West Kazakhstan, Zhambyl, Karaganda, Kostanay, Pavlodar regions have been instructed to create creative hubs in regional centres by the end of this year. On their basis there should be effective platforms for interaction between representatives of creative industries with investors to finance projects.
The Ministries of Culture and Information, Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry need to establish clear joint work on the sustainable development of creative industries and digitalisation of the entire sphere of culture and art.
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Kazakhstan to develop 2026-2030 creative industries development concept
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At today’s Government meeting Kazakh Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov set tasks to bolster the country’s creative industries, Kazinform News Agency reports.
He charged the Culture and Information Ministry and concerned state bodies to establish the Creative Industry Development Fund by July 1 which is purposed to attract investments, fund projects, and contribute to the exports of creative products.
The Prime Minister assigned Culture, National Economy, and Finance Ministers and concerned state bodies to draft the 2026-2030 creative industries further development concept by the yearend.
Besides, he tasked akimats of Akmola, Almaty, Zhetysu, West Kazakhstan, Zhambyl, Karaganda, Kostanay, and Pavlodar regions to build creative hubs in the regional centers by the end of the year to serve as platforms for cooperation between creative industries and investors.
As earlier reported, the Creative Industry Development Fund will bet set up in Kazakhstan involving top creative and educational organizations of Kazakhstan.
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