"KASIP FEST" FIRST EDUCATIONAL CAREER - GUIDANCE FORUM FOR CHOOSING PROFESSION

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November 27, 2018

"KASIP FEST" FIRST EDUCATIONAL CAREER - GUIDANCE FORUM FOR CHOOSING PROFESSION

On November 24, 2018 "KASIP FEST" , the first educational career- guidance forum for choosing profession was held in "Almaty Arena" Ice Palace for pupils of the 11th grade of Almaty schools. The Forum was attended by over 7500 pupils of graduation classes of schools, as well as directors, head teachers and tutors.

In the framework of Chapter II p. 3 of the Message of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan N. Nazarbayev to the people of Kazakhstan dated October 5, 2018 about conducting professional diagnostics and orientation of students to the most popular specialties at secondary schools, “EDTECH-KZ - UNESCO Club” together with Almaty Department of Education began to implement  "KASIP" project.

The aim of the project is to give students knowledge, inspiration and motivation for the conscious choice of a profession and the search for their life vocation.

The project is implemented in several stages.

In September, over 200 school psychologists held training seminars on the topic: “New technologies and effective methods for carrying out career guidance at schools of the Republic of Kazakhstan”.

In October, 7,500 school pupils of 11th grade completed online professional diagnostics according to the KASIPTEST system, which helps to identify each student's individual abilities, professional interests, inclinations and real possibilities in mastering a particular profession. According to the results of professional diagnostics, students were recommended to the profile direction of training and specialized subjects for the UNT.

On November 24, the third stage of the project took place – “KASIP FEST” career choice forum.

It was attended by leading specialized universities of Almaty.

AlmaU, as the first entrepreneurial university in the country, presented specialties in the field of “Business and entrepreneurship” at the forum.

The speakers were well-known young entrepreneurs, graduates of AlmaU: Ablay Yusupov, an entrepreneur, founder of Upgrade Group, and Birzhan Ashim, a popular Instagram blogger and entrepreneur.

Birzhan told about who an entrepreneur is and what advantages are offered by entrepreneurial activity: “Entrepreneurs are creative people who want to change the world for the better with the help of their products, services, companies. And first and foremost, entrepreneurship is freedom. And freedom is the best feeling in the world! ”- said the speaker in his speech.

Ablay Yusupov, who is an entrepreneur in the field of education, stressed that desire and ideas alone are not enough to become a successful entrepreneur: “In addition to desire, an entrepreneur needs knowledge. Have you heard about such things as: creative thinking, emotional intelligence, life design, service learning, business philosophy, idea generation? All this new knowledge is now being actively applied in entrepreneurship and in business. ”

Further, the speakers shared real-life cases and entrepreneurial chips of such giants companies as Coca cola and Google.

The speech ended with a call to act, create, undertake, because, perhaps among the guys sitting that day in the hall there were future Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg and Ilon Musk.

The final point of the project will be “KASIP UNIDAYS” University Choice Festival. Students will attend a series of open days at universities in Almaty.

AlmaU invites graduates of schools and colleges and their parents on December 23 to Christmas Open Day. Follow our announcements.

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