More than 51 thousand experts in blue-collar professions graduate from colleges in Kazakhstan every year as part of the President's directives, the Ministry of Education of Kazakhstan is developing the digital infrastructure of education, introducing artificial intelligence and improving personnel training while taking into account the needs of the economy. Minister of Education Juldiz Suleimanova reported this at a cabinet meeting. The central component of the unified digital education architecture will be the National Education Database (NEDB), with which it is planned to integrate the learning management systems used. This will allow us to integrate digital resources and reduce the administrative burden on teachers. An educational artificial intelligence platform is also being created to introduce artificial intelligence to secondary education, including reducing the gap in the quality of education between urban and rural schools. In addition, it is planned to reduce the list of mandatory documentation for teachers from 25 to 5 documents. At the same time, work is underway to develop technical and professional education, taking into account the needs of the labor market and large-scale investment projects. Today there are 763 technical and professional education organizations in Kazakhstan, where about 577 thousand people study. By 2030, their number is planned to grow to 681 thousand students. Training for blue-collar jobs is carried out in 480 colleges, where over 131 thousand students study. Over 51 thousand experts graduate every year. About 13 thousand students study in the construction industry.
As part of the declaration of next year as the year of large-scale national construction, it is planned to increase the order of state education for in-demand specializations and strengthen the interaction of the colleges with employers.