Employment rate of college graduates in Kazakhstan reaches 79%

Minister of Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan Gani Beisembayev reported on the current state of the system of technical and vocational education in Kazakhstan at a government meeting,El.kz reports.

There are 772 colleges in the country, where 565 thousand students study, of which 177 thousand entered this year. Dual education covers 91 thousand students, which provides practical training.

"Cooperation with business plays a key role in the training of specialists. Currently, 518 enterprises cooperate with 410 colleges, using forms of interaction such as dual training and patronage. This contributes to the successful employment of graduates, which is 79%," the minister said.

As part of the instructions of the Head of State, in the new academic year, the volume of the state educational order in colleges will increase to 145 thousand places, which is 12 thousand more than last year. Coverage of free technical and vocational education will be 90%.

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