EDUCATION: NEW TECHNOLOGIES

NEW THINKING

Internet is widely taken root into a capital education system. Today five colleg es and five schools of Astana have work in the network of Internet on ADSL-commu nication. 51 schools are connected to a WorldNet on ADSL-communication, the othe rs by means of dial-up communications. On the basis of the Center of information of an education system it is installed and functioned the server of Department of education of Astana city connected to the network of Internet on the allocate d channel. In the post server, introduced here is maintained the mail service of organizations of education. In September 2007 on the base of high school 50 had been lead the int eractive lesson with participation of the President of the Republic of Kazakhsta n Nursultan Nazarbayev. 33 organizations of education bonded on the simultaneous communication with school. Now thirty seven schools and two colleges have great er opportunities for conducting a lesson in an interactive mode owing to the equ ipment by 53 interactive boards. In higher education system the establishment of a new university in Astana is a major and significant project in the whole education sphere. This university wil l comprise four educational structures specializing in IT, the arts and social s ciences, engineering and technology, and applied sciences. The University is the first project in Astana of this extent whereby it has been designed to cover so cial, cultural, training, education and accommodation needs of the 25 000 studen ts and its lecturers. The main atrium with its 33.85 metre width and 580 metre l ength makes up the backbone of the faculty, social and cultural buildings. A com fortable living space is obtained by connecting the main atrium with faculty atr iums.