Updated curriculum is the basis of global changes of secondary education in Kazakhstan

Updated curriculum is the basis of global changes of secondary education in Kazakhstan

Г. С. Журсумбаева, А. Е. Улыкбекова

Пригородная средняя общеобразовательная школа г. Семей ВКО
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"The key priority of educational programms should be the development of the skills
which allow students to constantly adapt to changes and assimilate new knowledge"
address by the President N. A. Nazarbayev dated by January 10, 2018
"New Opportunities under the Fourth Industrial Revolution"

The modern world is changing very fast day by day. Technology is developing so rapidly. New machines and gadgets which were considered to be the most modern ones a year before become out-of-date today. And skills which made you successful yesterday might not help you to cope with the problems you are faced today. So, one should be able to adapt to any changes, to gain skills which can be useful to overcome difficulties and achieve goals.
And what can schools of our country teach their students to use their knowledge effectively in real life? Do our graduates have enough skills to be competitive in the modern world of globalization and modernization? The results of PISA, TIMSS and PIRLS conducted by OECD and IEA showed that our students are not so bad at memorizing and recalling, but, unfortunately, they are not so good at applying gained knowledge in different situations of real life i. e. , they are lack of twenty-first century skills (created by OECD) such as critical thinking, ability to creatively apply knowledge, ability to solve problems, research skills, communication skills (including language skills), ability to work in groups and individually, ICT skills.
President Nursultan Nazarbayev