The Kick-off-Meeting of the project Erasmus+ 609757-EPP-1-2019-1-RS-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP “Dual Education for Industrial Automatization and Robotics in Kazakhstan/DIARKAZ” (DIARKAZ) was held on the basis of Kostanay engineering and economics university named after M.Dulatov, Kostanay, February 4-5, 2020.
The project is coordinated by the University of Novi Sad (Republic of Serbia).
The whole consortium of the project, including representatives of the following partner institutions participated in the meeting:
– University of Novi Sad;
– Kostanay engineering and economics university named after M. Dulatov;
– Innovative University of Eurasia;
– Zhangir Khan West Kazakhstan Agrarian-Technical University;
– FH Joanneum Gesellschaft M.B.H (Austria);
– Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg (German);
– LLP SaryarkaAvtoProm.
From our University, teaching staff of two higher schools – information technology and mechanical engineering-participated in this project. Representatives of the above-mentioned higher schools (G. A. Kamalova, L. B. Diyarova, K. A. Narikov), as well as the head of the international cooperation Department, Z. Kh. Sultanova, took part in the launch meeting of the project.
The main goal of the project funded by Erasmus+ is to increase the potential for industrial automation and robotics in Kazakhstan by introducing dual education.
At the first meeting, organizational issues related to signing a partnership agreement, defining a quality control plan for the project, and developing a dual training program for PAR (industrial automation and robotics) were considered and discussed.
Dual training, as European practice shows (Austria, Germany), is a product of close cooperation between educational institutions and employers for successful professional and social adaptation of a future specialist.
This project is expected to introduce dual training for industrial automation with a European orientation in Kazakhstan. Within the framework of the project the teaching staff of Zhangir khan WKATU will have an opportunity to undergo an internship in the universities of Austria and Germany, which are leaders of dual education in Europe. The result of the project will be the introduction of dual educational program in WKATU, including internship and training at work.
Thus, the introduction of dual education involves a significant change in the organization of the educational process, which is based on a rational combination of theoretical training and extended practice at enterprises and organizations.
