At the beginning of June 2016, the five-day seminar was held in the KAIST Gollege of Business, organized with the assistance Nazarbayev University for the purpose of training and professional development of leaders (executive officers) of Higher Education Institutions of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The main purpose of program is a professional development of leaders in education system; and also to enable Higher Education Institutions to become more autonomous.

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) specialized in the area of natural science and engineering education and scientific research. KAIST among 50 advanced HEIs in the world rating, and in the top ten on the Asian continent. Among world HEIs KAIST is among the top twenty on the specialist training of the engineering specialization.

Leaders of A.Baitursynov Kostanay State University:  Vice-rector for academic affairs and educational work, Doctor of Philological Sciences, ProfessorAlmasbek Akhmetovich Absadykov and head of department of information system, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical sciences, Professor Abdykarim Tungushbayevich Baimankulov took part in this event.

By the words of Almasbek Akhmetovich, he was in South Korea the first time. All five days of seminar, Kazakhstani leaders of HEIs read reports and listened to lectures on the topic «Professional development of leaders of Higher Education Institutions». At the end of visit, the excursion at the western Seoul was organized for the leaders of KSU, where they could closer get acquainted with population of Korea, and also with the culture. It should be noted that all conditions are created for education of leaders of HEIs as well as students of foreign countries.  

The first stage of courses, organized on the direction «Training and development of leaders», took place in Graduate School of Nazarbayev University. The second stage – in South Korea. The final stage is being planned to make in autumn this year in Nazarbayev University.

Holding of such seminars are useful not only for leaders, but for all education system of Kazakhstan.

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Press secretary: Alla Chechetkina