The meeting of the Educational and Methodolical Association (EMA-PMG REMS of the MIA RK) on specializations « Architecture and construction» and the section «Design» was performed on within the walls of the International Educational Corporation, Almaty on may 17. The meeting was chaired by the Rector of the IEC Imandosova Margarita Bulatovna.
The event began with a plenary session, which included a greeting from the participants and an introductory speech from the Deputy Chairman of the Committee of Higher and Postgraduate Education of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan G.S. Dzharasova. The main reports concerned the integration of higher education and production, the newest developments in the construction industry, as well as issues of preserving the historical and cultural heritage of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Considerable attention was paid to the current results of the Atameken NPP rating and to achievements in educational programs in the field of Architecture and Construction, presented by Z.M. Turebekova, Deputy Director for Human Capital Development and International Cooperation of the Chamber of Entrepreneurs in Almaty.
Representatives of the industry voiced an important problem, the issue of personnel shortage for the production of building materials, geodesy and cartography, nevertheless, employers expressed hope for assistance from the relevant ministry in allocating grants to attract applicants to these specialties.
Representatives of the academic community also expressed concern about the long-term lack of grants for doctoral studies in the design field, which entails the inability of graduate doctoral students to defend their dissertation due to the lack of Dissertation councils in the country. The meeting participants also expressed hope for a rational solution to this issue and the assistance of the relevant ministry.
More than 100 representatives of higher and postgraduate education organizations, the academic community, specialists and industry experts took part of meeting and expressed their expert opinions in support of important issues, which underlines the importance of event for the development of educational sphere in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
The Event participants got acquainted with the material and technical base of the University during a tour in the campus of International Educational Corporation.
