COMPETITIONS

The Almaty Education Department held a city professional skills competition for teachers in pedagogical fields at technical and vocational education institutions, organised by the Scientific and Methodological Centre for New Technologies in City Education. Purpose of the competition:

To raise the status of teachers of pedagogical specialities and general education subjects, and to present and promote the teaching experience of the participants. Applications were received from six teachers at educational institutions in the city. The “Ustaz” trade union supported the participants and awarded them cash prizes. The tasks comprised three modules, with one task in each module.

Module 1 — “Me and society” (a 3-minute video).

Module 2 — “A methodological product” (text and slides, with a presentation of up to 3 minutes).

Module 3 — “Multimedia technologies” (up to 5 minutes).

The results were determined using the module assessment criteria and the competition committee’s protocol. Begazova Madina Zhandarovna, a teacher of English and specialised subjects at Almaty Kazakh Humanitarian and Pedagogical College No. 1, took first place and received a cash prize of 40,000 tenge. Moldabekova Saltanat Izturganovna, a teacher of English and specialised subjects at Almaty Humanitarian and Pedagogical College No. 2, took second place and received 30,000 tenge. Dautova Nellya Gurbayevna, a teacher of specialised subjects at the Pedagogical College of Foreign Languages, took third place and received 20,000 tenge. Balta Fariza Beketkyzy, a teacher of specialised subjects at KazNur Humanitarian College, received a certificate and a cash prize of 20,000 tenge. In general education subjects, Daurenkhanova Zhanar Zhumakhankyzy, a history teacher at Almaty Kazakh Humanitarian and Pedagogical College No. 1, took first place and received 40,000 tenge. Every participant’s achievement reflects substantial preparation, exploration and hard work. We thank all participants for the effort they put into taking part and demonstrating their skills!