Question

In 2008 on the initiative of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, first Intellectual schools (NIS) were launched. The project of creating them resulted from the need for professionals with a high level of technical, managerial and leadership competencies. [1] 

A On 19 January 2011, the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan ' On the status of

В Such professions have been necessary since the beginning of 21st century, when Kazakhstan accelerated in socio-economic development

С There is an increasing emphasis on a student-centered, skills-based approach, while retaining the best of the current curriculum

D elementary (including pre-school education and training), primary and secondary.

E Depending on the subject the class is divided into 2 groups which means that the teachers will be working with max 12 students in a group.

Intellectual Schools were to be an experimental platform for such purposes as development, monitoring, researching, analysis, introduction and implementation of modern models of educational programs by level. These programs have been developed at three levels: [2]



A On 19 January 2011, the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan ' On the status of

В Such professions have been necessary since the beginning of 21st century, when Kazakhstan accelerated in socio-economic development

С There is an increasing emphasis on a student-centered, skills-based approach, while retaining the best of the current curriculum

D elementary (including pre-school education and training), primary and secondary.

E Depending on the subject the class is divided into 2 groups which means that the teachers will be working with max 12 students in a group.

[3] Nazarbayev University, Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools and Nazarbayev Fund' was adopted. The status implies a right to approve the school's own educational curricula as well as set its own requirements for entrance exams. The curriculum is currently based on the Kazakh national curriculum which underwent constructive development with support from the University of Cambridge International Examinations.



A On 19 January 2011, the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan ' On the status of

В Such professions have been necessary since the beginning of 21st century, when Kazakhstan accelerated in socio-economic development

С There is an increasing emphasis on a student-centered, skills-based approach, while retaining the best of the current curriculum

D elementary (including pre-school education and training), primary and secondary.

E Depending on the subject the class is divided into 2 groups which means that the teachers will be working with max 12 students in a group.

[4] The new curriculum was developed with the guidance of international experts and has been operating in functioning Intellectual Schools since September 2012. The trilingual policy has been implemented in all areas of the curriculum. Each school focuses primarily on a specific set of subjects: either physical sciences and mathematics, or chemical and biological sciences, as well as foreign languages. Currently NIS operates twenty intellectual schools throughout the country, in addition to an international school and specialist mathematics school in Astana.



A On 19 January 2011, the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan ' On the status of

В Such professions have been necessary since the beginning of 21st century, when Kazakhstan accelerated in socio-economic development

С There is an increasing emphasis on a student-centered, skills-based approach, while retaining the best of the current curriculum

D elementary (including pre-school education and training), primary and secondary.

E Depending on the subject the class is divided into 2 groups which means that the teachers will be working with max 12 students in a group.

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