A Situational Center to provide students with dormitories has started operating in Almaty. It was opened on the initiative of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education and the city akimat. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Kursiv Media.
The center is located at the Kazakh National Women's Pedagogical University (QyzPU) at 142 Bogenbay Batyr Street.
"Students who did not manage to book a place in a dormitory through the digital platforms of higher education institutions or encountered difficulties during the check-in process can directly contact the Situational Center," the Ministry of Science reported.
Specialists review student applications and, if there are available places, select temporary accommodation options in dormitories or partner organizations.
To work with applications, the center has eight workstations equipped with computers, access to digital databases, and a multi-channel communication system that can receive up to 10 calls simultaneously.
The center also has a waiting and rest area, a study corner, a coffee break area, and a conference hall.
Earlier, Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov reported that the shortage of places in student dormitories in Kazakhstan currently stands at about 10,000, not 33,000 as previously forecast.
The day before, blogger Nursultan Kamsebaev showed on social media the conditions in which students of the new Kazakh National University of Sports (KNUS) in Astana will live. The dormitories have a private bathroom and shower in each room, and the cost of living is 30,000 tenge per month.