HOUR OF GOOD ORDER

ABOUT THE ENLIGHTENER OF THE GREAT STEPPE

 

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 conscious life to teaching Kazakh children.

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

In the preface "Kazakh Christomacy," the author wrote "Compiling this book, I wanted it to become a textbook for Kazakh children raised in Russian-Kazakh schools and a book accessible for universal education...."

The importance of the development of education among Kazakh youth is described by Altynsarin in many of his other works. These include the verses "Osiet olender," "Ai zhigitter," etc. In them, the author from a high moral point of view criticizes injustice, theft, the harmful nature of outdated traditions and reflects the advantage of honest work and humanity.

In the famous poem "Kel balalar ocylyk" ("Let's, children, we will learn"), the poet skillfully used the traditions of Kazakh oral literature, comparing knowledge and ignorance, good and evil.

His works to this day serve as the basis of the modern educational system.

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

From year to year, the increasing value of the rich encyclopedic heritage of the scientist is the pride of our people. Of course, Ibrai Altynsarin is the founder of new poetry, the leader of education and the first teacher of the Kazakh people.

The nation's teacher left an indelible mark on our history. His dream is an educated youth, firmly confident in the prosperous future of the people.