“Kazakh Universities To Quality Assurance Processes In Technology Enhanced Learning” (KUTEL) is a three-year project co-funded by the European Commission in the framework of the ERASMUS Plus Programme, Key Action 2 “Capacity-building in the Field of Higher Education”. The Project Consortium brings together 14 organisations: 4 are from European countries - Italy, Bulgaria, Finland and Greece – and 10 are from a Central Asia country, namely Kazakhstan. The Kazakh organisations involved are 7 Universities from different areas of the country, the Ministry of Science and Education, an Accreditation Agency and a Public Foundation.
The main aim of the project:
KUTEL core objective is to promote the modernization of HE in Kazakhstan through the introduction of a national quality assurance system for technology-enhanced learning by guaranteeing the im- provement and implementatation of accreditation standards and procedures of TEL
KUTEL specific objectives are:
- Modernize and reform teaching methodologies through the introduction of quality assurance (QA) framework in blended learning.
- Develop and improve accreditation standards and procedures related to quality assurance of technology-enhanced (TEL) in Kazakhstan universities according to EU practices.
- Establish a methodological frame- work to improve TEL quality assurance in Kazakh universities.
- Provide training for Heigher Education (HE) key actors and public authorities responsible for accreditation and evaluation of TEL programs.
Dear Friends!
Welcome to the Kostanay State Pedagogical University of U. Sultangazina, located in the city of Kostanay, in the northern part of Kazakhstan.
Our university focuses on the professional preparation of future teachers. Our study programs related to mathematics and natural sciences, philology, psychology and pedagogy, social sciences and humanities, physical education, sport, and tourism.
The university meets the requirements of “trilingual education” and offers courses in English, Kazakh and Russian languages. As a member of the European Higher Education Area and a signatory of the Bologna Accord, we fully accept the Bologna principles, support the academic mobility of staff and students by recognizing credit mobility and the European Credit Transfer System.
Cooperation with home and international partner universities is an inseparable part of the educational and scientific work of our university. We consider research activities a priority; and we have direct contact with leading higher education institutions in Kazakhstan, Russia, Cyprus, China, France, Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, USA, and others.
I hope that our desire to make the learning process attractive to students and to develop a system that encourages faculty to new forms of learning will be of interest to new students and staff who will become part of our passionate community.
I wish our students and staff good luck!
Respectfully
Gulvira Musabekova,
Acting Rector
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