The President visited the "City of Working Professions" festival.The EXPO exhibition site hosts the "City of Working Professions" festival, which brings together future specialists, employers and vocational organizations. This is the first large-scale event of the "year of working professions", announced on the initiative of the Head of State Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. The festival is held with the support of the Ministry of Education and other industry departments, national companies and large enterprises
. At 40 interactive exhibitions on campus, you can immerse yourself in the intricacies of more than 200 specialties and get acquainted with the specifics of economic sectors. Within the framework of the festival, various seminars, master classes, innovation sessions and job fairs will be organized for several days. During the first two days, the event was attended by more than 15,000 people. Kassym-Jomart Tokayev got acquainted with the process of training specialists in energy, mining, metallurgy, oil and gas, construction, agriculture and other industries.
The President was also informed of examples of the transformation of vocational education organizations depending on the demand in the labor market and the specifics of each region. The President noted that in anticipation of the implementation of such major projects as the nuclear power plant, specialists with high-quality knowledge and professional skills are needed.