The next «Hour of Integrity» of the Anti-Corruption Agency is dedicated to the life of an outstanding Kazakh educator-teacher, writer, ethnographer, folklorist, teacher of the nation – Ibrai Altynsarin.

Ibrai Altynsarin became the founding father of education in the history of the Kazakh steppe, devoting his entire adult life to teaching Kazakh children.

Having opened the first public school, he urged residents to send their children to schools and wrote a textbook in Kazakh.

In the preface of the «Kazakh Christomathy» the author wrote «While composing this book, I wanted it to become a textbook for Kazakh children brought up in Russian-Kazakh schools, and a book available for general education …».

The importance of developing education among Kazakh youth is described by Altynsarin in many of his other works. These include the poems «Asiet Aleder», «Uy, zhіgіtter», etc. In them, the author from a high moral point of view criticizes injustice, theft, the harmfulness of outdated traditions and reflects the advantage of honest work and humanity.

In the famous poem «Kel, balalar, ogylyk» («Let us, children, we will study»), the poet skillfully used the traditions of Kazakh oral literature, comparing knowledge and ignorance, good and evil.

His works still serve as the basis of the modern educational system.

The writer describes his ideas about morality with aesthetic education, interconnecting them with each other.

Year after year, the growing value of the scientist’s rich encyclopedic heritage is the pride of our people. Undoubtedly, Ibrai Altynsarin is the founder of new poetry, the leader of education and the first teacher of the Kazakh people.

The teacher of the nation has left an indelible mark on our history. His dream is educated youth, firmly convinced of the prosperous future of the people.