Today the Committee on Language Development and Socio-Political Work of the Ministry of Culture and Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan together with the Republican Coordination and Methodological Center of development of languages named after Shayakhmetov in the National Academic Library of the Republic of Kazakhstan organized a seminar on the theme «Modernization of Public Consciousness: a new Kazakh alphabet and the implementation of the state program».

Scholars of the Bolashak program have launched Kazakh language courses in New York. A group of students decided to give others opportunities to study Kazakh. Not only Kazakhs, but also U.S. citizens supported the initiative. Many New Yorkers are expressing interest in learning the Kazakh language, culture and traditions.

Knowledge of several languages creates big opportunities, the head of state said.

The Committee on Language Development and Socio-Political Work of the Ministry of Culture and Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan together with the Shayakhmetov Republican Coordination and Methodological Center of development of languages in the National Academic Library of the Republic of Kazakhstan will organize a seminar on the theme «Modernization of Public Consciousness: a new Kazakh alphabet and the implementation of the state program».

President Nursultan Nazarbayev held a meeting with Minister of Education and Science fo the Republic of Kazakhstan Yerlan Sagadiyev.

Shayakhmetov Republican Coordination and Methodological Center for the Development of Languages was given over two thousand books to the Regional Central Library named after Aktan Babiuly of Bayan-Ulgii region of Republic of Mongolia.

On April 4 of this year, the Department for the Development of the Languages of the Oblast within the framework of “Rukhani Zhangyru” program in “Ana Tіlі” Centre conducted open lectures on the topic “The New Alphabet is the Beginning of a New Era” for information and explanatory work on the Kazakh language courses.

Chinese people now have the opportunity to learn about the great Kazakh writer and poet Shakarim Kudaiberdiuly. Linguist of the Xi’an International Studies University, Li Xichang translated the book titled “Shakarim” into the language spoken by over a billion people. Li Xichang used to work in Astana at the Confucius Institute at the Gumilyov Eurasian National University.

- According to the results of the annual survey, in 2017 the share of the population who speaks the state language was 83.1%. The share of the adult population, who speaks three languages, was 22.3%.

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In accordance with the instructions of the Oblast Akim B.Zh. Bakauov, given at the enlarged meeting on 4 December 2017, the Department for the Development of the Languages of the Pavlodar Oblast on March 13, 2018, held a seminar-conference on the topic “About the Phased Change-Over of Children’s Preschool Institutions to the State Language of Education” with the participation of the Deputy Oblast Akim M.M. Begentayev.

On March 5 this year, courses for all categories of citizens of the Oblast began. The lectures on “Linguistics and the Latin alphabet” were held at the courses. During the lectures, the questions of phased transition of the Kazakh alphabet into Latin script, initiated in “View to the Future: Modernization of Public Consciousness” program article of the Head of State N.A. Nazarbayev, were announced.

The Committee on Development of languages and Socio-Political Work of the Ministry of Culture and Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Republican Coordination and Methodological Center on Development of languages named after Sh. Shayakhmetov invites to the 36-hour courses: «Improving the qualifications of translators».

In Ukimet Uyi, the Prime Minister Bakytzhan Sagintayev held a meeting of the National Commission on the translation of the Kazakh alphabet into Latin script on March 2, 2018.

Nursultan Nazarbayev met with Minister of Information and Communications Dauren Abayev, Akorda reports. During the meeting the head of state was informed about the implementation of the objectives set out in the framework of the Address "New Possibilities of Development in the conditions of the Fourth Industrial Revolution".