On October 2,
Rector of KarIU Bakhyt Zhautykov and Director of the Department of Strategy and
Internationalization Altynarai Takibayeva participated in the X Central Asian
International Forum on Quality Assurance in Education, dedicated to the 15th
anniversary of the Independent Agency for Accreditation and Rating (IAAR).
The main theme of
the forum was improving the quality of education in the era of artificial
intelligence and digital technologies. Representatives of government bodies,
higher education institutions, international educational associations, and the
expert community took part in the discussions.
Among the
distinguished guests were Talgat Yeshenkulov, Vice Minister of Science and
Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan; Bakhytzhan Zhumagulov,
President of the National Engineering Academy of the Republic of Kazakhstan; Byrganym
Aitimova, Chairperson of the IAAR Supervisory Board; Daniela Cristina
Ghitulica, President of the European Association for Quality Assurance in
Higher Education; Ricardo Leon-Borquez, President of the World Federation for
Medical Education; as well as experts from China, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan,
Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Belarus, Georgia, Türkiye, and other countries.
At the panel
sessions, moderators discussed the following topics with the participants:
🔹 Iolanta Silka, Director of the Academic Information Centre (AIC) for Quality
Assurance in Higher Education (Republic of Latvia) – improving the quality of
education amid global challenges;
🔹 Olgun Cicek, Member of the INQAAHE Board of Directors, Member of CHEA-CIQG,
President of IQA, Member of the International Council of Strategic Partners of
the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan,
Senior Research Fellow at the University of Ljubljana (Republic of Slovenia) –
the application of artificial intelligence and digital technologies;
🔹 Galina Motova, President of the Asia-Pacific Quality Network (APQN) – formation
of a unified educational space for the countries of Central Asia within the
framework of the UNESCO project.
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