On the basis of the Karaganda state industrial university, the Cisco Networking Academy of the Kazakh Academy of Information Communication started the training of 60 computer science teachers of secondary schools and colleges in the Karaganda region with the course “ITEssentials”. All teachers will be given permanent access to the database of updated educational resources of the Cisco Networking Academy for use in the educational process of educational institutions.

The opening ceremony took place on August 19 at the Karaganda State Industrial University. The program of the course “ITEssentials – Fundamentals of Network Technologies” presupposes full-time training and final certification of teachers, as trainers-trainers of this course.

Karaganda State Industrial University (KGIU), wholly supporting the Addresses of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan NA. Nazarbayev to the people of Kazakhstan “The Third Modernization of Kazakhstan: Global Competitiveness”, is striving to create a system of training personnel for new industries using the latest digital technologies.

This year, the State Property Inspectorate holds events dedicated to the significant event: the 50th anniversary of the 1967 issue of the release of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev.

The President of Kazakhstan’s contribution to the economic development of Kazakhstan, including the Karaganda region, is invaluable. Almost all industries have developed in the Karaganda region: ferrous and non-ferrous metallurgy, machine building, coal industry, energy, chemical industry, construction industry, food industry and agriculture.

Therefore, the developing industry in the region requires experts in a new format that can implement the fourth industrial revolution, increase the productivity and efficiency of priority sectors of the economy.

In order to implement the Message, to introduce the elements of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and to digitize the economy, KGIU, in cooperation with the Network Academy, Cisco could become the base platform for the introduction of the latest digital technologies and training new personnel with digital skills in the Karaganda region. The University possesses the necessary material and technical base for the creation of this site for training, advanced training and retraining of personnel. Cisco is the world leader in network technologies. The government of Kazakhstan signed an agreement under which Cisco will support the government program “Digital Kazakhstan”. Cisco announced a planned series of initiatives in Kazakhstan that will help accelerate the digital transformation of the country in the next three years.

We believe that the tripartite cooperation of the Akimat of the Karaganda region, KGIU and the Cisco Networking Academy will entail not only an improvement in the quality of the training of the new format personnel, but will also accelerate the digitalization of the economy and the introduction of new digital technologies into the industry of our region.