1 million citizens of Kazakhstan will be taught artificial intelligence skills as part of an action plan presented by the Ministry of Digital Development of Kazakhstan. The training programme will cover 500,00 schoolchildren, 300,000 students and 90,000 public sector employees and entrepreneurs.
«This is a plan for the next five years,» Minister of Digital Development Zhaslan Madiyev clarified.
The Ministry presented digitalisation initiatives, including recognition of electronic documents along with physical ones, which has allowed using them over 200 million times in 2024, at the government meeting. The TUMO Technology Centre for schoolchildren and TomorrowSchool — the region’s first artificial intelligence school for specialists have been opened.
Other projects include the establishment of a Committee on Artificial Intelligence, the approval of the 2024-2029 development concept and the drafting of a law on AI. An Artificial Intelligence Centre that will offer professional training courses and support start-ups and research initiatives is to be opened in Astana.
