The Kadyr Myrza Ali Secondary School in Safon village, Kurmangazinsky district, Atyrau region, was included on the list of 17 support schools participating in the Foundation for the Sustainable Development of Education's charitable project "Development of the potential of support schools in rural areas." The project aims to improve the quality of education by introducing the finest pedagogical techniques and most effective approaches in rural schools and by providing the necessary material and technical resources to support schools.
The secondary school has all of the required supplies and technological equipment. Around 320 kilometers from the city of Atyrau, a remote rural school with 27 modern classrooms is located. Specifically: Steam room, biology, physics, chemistry, robotics, computer science, TV studio and art studio, various machines in workshops for boys, thirteen sewing machines for use by students in labor lessons, kitchen equipment, three televisions, interactive whiteboards, gym equipment, piano, dombra, sound amplifiers, etc.
Akim of the district of Kurmangazinsky in the Atyrau area Director Marat Murziev of NIS Atyrau Director of the Foundation for the Sustainable Development of Education, Yerali Bizhanov The director of the Atyrau Regional Methodological Center is Daniyar Tokhtarbayev. Dana Baymashova participated in the unveiling of Atyrau's first reference school.
The 100 year old Kadyr Mirza Ali School currently enrolls more than 360 students.
– As part of the project, our school is completely outfitted in accordance with the most recent model. There was inaccessible new furniture, interactive whiteboards, new classrooms, and a steam room. Now that all prerequisites for worry-free education have been met, our sole objective is to provide a superior education According to the secondary school's principal, Sabyrzhan Zhupargaliyev.
The project's general partner is AEO Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools. Since the project's inception, NIS has been focusing on teacher training and offering free methodological assistance. The NIS's expertise and recommendations were also applied to the education of teachers and the furnishing of classrooms.
– It was possible to tour the school. We investigated every office. Often, classrooms in schools contain new furniture. All opportunities are offered for the complete, 100 percent provision of the educational process and the development of students' practical abilities. Particularly beneficial are the school psychology room, the steam rooms, the sewing rooms for females and the technical rooms for boys. This is surely a source of great delight for school personnel. We offer methodological support from NIS. The director of NIS Atyrau, Yerali Bizhanov, explains that the school administration and NIS Atyrau are now debating several plans.
Before, the teachers of NIS Atyrau shared their knowledge and gave methodological support to the teachers of Kadyr Myrza Ali school in the essential areas.
It should be emphasized that the Foundation for Sustainable Development of Education, a partner of the Kazakhstan Khalkyna Foundation, covered the running costs for outfitting 17 reference schools in the country.
– The presentation today is merely the beginning of our endeavor. This is due to the fact that within the framework of the trilateral agreement signed by NIS, the Foundation for the People of Kazakhstan, and the Foundation for the Sustainable Development of Education in July 2022, work is still ongoing at this school to improve the skills of employees and organize training courses and seminars for teachers. We anticipate working with the staff of this institution for around three years in the future. NIS provides assistance with methodology. During the next three years, we hope to transform a remote school into a hub for quality education that shows children's potential "Director of the Foundation for Sustainable Development of Education Daniyar Tokhtarbayev stated.
The most important thing is that children's happiness knows no bounds. Working with modern equipment is already a significant accomplishment for them.
– I am pleased that so many types of sewing machines have been brought to school. We learn how to draw designs on a variety of textiles.
Zhazira Sabitova, a high school student, says:
– I am becoming acquainted with the construction and operation of the device.
The primary objective of the project is to close the education gap between urban and rural communities, and unquestionably, one significant step has been achieved in this direction.