Non-profit Joint stock Company "Ualikhanov University" has been holding the competition "Kitapkumar" among school students (the 9th -10th grades) of the Akmola region general education institutions since February 14, 2024.

The aim of the competition is to create conditions for increasing the prestige of education in the region by increasing the level of reading and information literacy of students, developing school‒university interaction in the region.

The "Kitapkumar" competition was held in two stages. At the 1st stage, students prepared a booktrailer - a video contest telling about any book in the Kazakh language. More than 20 schools of the Akmola region took part in the 1st stage. https://youtube.com/playlist... and five schools with a large number of likes were selected from them and received an invitation to a quest game. The quest consisted of six stages.

According to the results of the quest, the 1st place was taken by students of State-owned educational institution "Secondary school of Yerkinshilik village" Dalelkhan Allabergen, Giminkyzy Zhanerke. The head is Huanysh Guldariga. The 2nd place - "Secondary school No. 1 of the village of Krasny Yar" school students Kenzhebolat Arai, Oralbek Dariya. The head is Mukazhanova Maira Kalievna. The 3rd place ‒ school students State-owned educational institution "M. Gabdullin School-Gymnasium" of Zerenda Uskembayeva Aimzhan, Meiramova Vera, Tolegen Altyn. The head is Tulebayeva Bibigul Umurzakovna.

Students of State-owned educational institution "General secondary school of Shagalaly village"Talgat Aruzhan, Kalieva Ayaru, Belgumbayeva Tolganai, the head is Ratai Ainur in the nomination "Best reader"; students of the multidisciplinary gymnasium No.3 named after M. Gabdullin, of Kokshetau Sakenova Alina, Hamet Akbota, Beisenbek Enlik, the head is Shattyk Kanalbekovna in the nomination "Creative group".

We express our gratitude to the Akmola regional branch of the joint-stock company "First Heartland Jusan Bank", the branch of the bank "Center Credit" in Kokshetau, the state historical and cultural museum-reserve "Botai" of the Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The achievements of the students were evaluated by the chairman of the jury, Kamila Abieva Koishybaevna, head of the philological department of the Kokshetau Higher Kazakh Pedagogical College named after J. Mussin, Master of Humanities. Jury members: methodologist of the Department of education in the city of Kokshetau of the Department of Education of the Akmola region Samatova Zhanyl Makhfozovna, Sh. Ualikhanov Kokshetau University’s lecturer of the Department of Kazakh Language and Literature, Master of Humanities, PhD, doctoral student of the educational program “Philology” Abylkasov Garifolla Zhumabekovich.

The jury and experts of the quest organization: PhD Shayakhimov Daulet Kuandykovich; PhD Iskakova Gulgul Zhenisovna, undergraduate Zeinelkabden Ulan Batyrkhanovich, Department of Kazakh Language and Literature.

Congratulations to all the winners and participants!