More than 700 gross errors have been found in Kazakhstani school textbooks. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev stated this at the republican August conference of teachers. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Kursiv Media.
The head of state drew attention to the quality of educational programs and teaching materials. According to him, the Ministry of Education and regional education departments should pay special attention to this issue.
"The Ministry of Education and regional departments should primarily work on improving the regulatory framework, building an effective educational process, and carefully analyzing educational programs," Tokayev said.
The President noted that the government recently presented the results of its work, during which hundreds of serious shortcomings were found in school textbooks.
"More than 700 gross errors in school textbooks were identified, with, without exaggeration, the gravest consequences for the quality of school education. More than 700 errors," the President emphasized.
Tokayev also mentioned the need to revise educational materials containing inaccurate historical information.
"I have just spoken about the need to revise educational materials that describe an inaccurate historical fact," the head of state said.
The President's words were confirmed by the Minister of Education Zholdas Suleimenova. According to her, specialists studied the content of all textbooks and found gross errors, including incorrect labeling of regions and inaccuracies in historical dates.
"We have already begun to publish textbooks with updated content in stages. Currently, textbooks for grades 7 and 11 have been printed. By April, textbooks for grades 9, 8, and 4 will be published," Suleimenova told journalists on the sidelines of the August conference.
The Minister noted that she personally reviewed textbooks from all 15 publishers and found errors that amazed her. Now educational materials will be updated in stages.
Earlier, Kursiv reported that President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev noted a significant gap in the quality of education between regions of Kazakhstan. At the August conference, he named regions whose graduates' results require special attention.