Director of the National Center for Higher Education Development MSHE RK

Contact information                                                                                                   
   a.mukhatayev@n-k.kz                                                             
   +7 7172 287 521

Education
Karaganda State University named after E.A. Buketova (1997)
Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor

Professional interests
Strategic planning
Quality Assurance in Higher Education
Development of educational programs for higher and postgraduate education
Recognition of learning outcomes of continuing education
Development of methodological competence of university teachers

Professional experience
Kazakh language and literature Teacher, secondary school No. 22, station Karaganda-Sortirovochnaya (1997-1999 yy.)
Teacher of history and socio-political disciplines, secondary school No. 22, st. Karaganda-Sortirovochnaya (1999-2001 yy.)
History teacher, Kazakh gymnasium No. 92, Karaganda (2001-2004 yy.)
Manager, Kazakh gymnasium No. 92, Karaganda (2004-2005 yy.)
Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor of the Department of Pedagogy, Karaganda State University named after E.A.Buketov, Karaganda (2005-2011 yy.)
Deputy Dean of the Pedagogical Faculty for Research, Karaganda State University named after E.A.Buketov, Karaganda (2007-2008 yy.)
Coordinator of the Registration and Academic Mobility Center, Karaganda State University named after E.A.Buketova, Karaganda (2011-2012 yy.)
Dean of the Faculty of Professional Development, Head of the Preparatory Department, Karaganda State University named after E.A.Buketov, Karaganda (2012-2013 yy.)
Deputy Director for educational and methodological work, branch of JSC "National Center for Professional Development "Orleu" Institute for Teachers Professional Development in the Karaganda region, Karaganda (2013-2017 yy.)
Vice-Rector for Strategy and International Cooperation, North-Kazakhstan State University named after M. Kozybaev, Petropavlovsk (2017-2018 yy.)
Deputy Director, Republican State Enterprise on the Right of Economic Management "Bologna Process and Academic Mobility Center ", Nur-Sultan (2018-2020 yy.)
Director of the Strategy and Corporate Development Department, Astana IT University LLP, Nur-Sultan (2020-2022 yy.)
Director, Republican State Enterprise on the Right of Economic Management "Bologna Process and Academic Mobility Center", Nur-Sultan (since 2022)

Deputy Director of the National Center for Higher Education Development MSHE RK

Contact information                                                                                                   
   y.irgebayev@n-k.kz 

Educational background
East Kazakhstan State Technical University named after D. Serikbayev (1998)
East Kazakhstan State University (2004)
The University of Nottingham (2018)
Candidate of Technical Sciences

Professional interests
Strategic planning
Monitoring studies
Educational statistics

Professional experience
Director of "Niet" LLP, Ust-Kamenogorsk (2001 - 2003)
Deputy Director for Production Work of the Eastern Technical and Humanitarian College, Ust-Kamenogorsk (2003 - 2007)
Executive Director of the Eastern Technical and Humanitarian College, Ust-Kamenogorsk (2007 - 2009)
Senior Lecturer of East Kazakhstan State Technical University named after D. Serikbayev, Ust-Kamenogorsk (01.09.2009 - 2010)
Acting Leading Specialist of Bankruptcy Procedure Control Department of the Interregional Department of the Committee for Insolvent Debtors "Ertis", Ust-Kamenogorsk (06.10.2010 - 09.11.2010)
Chief Expert, Monitoring and Coordination of Higher Education Institutions, Department of Higher, Postgraduate Education, Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Astana (2010 - 2014)
Head of Planning, Development and Innovation, Department of Higher and Postgraduate Education and International Cooperation, MES RK, Astana (2014 - 2016)
Head of Planning and Financing of Higher Education, Department of Higher and Postgraduate Education, MES RK, Astana (2018 - 2019)
Deputy Director of the Department of Higher and Postgraduate Education, MES RK, Nur-Sultan (2019 - 2021)
Deputy Director, Bologna Process and Academic Mobility Center MES RK, Nur-Sultan (2021 - up to now)

Deputy Director of the National Center for Higher Education Development MSHE RK

Contact information                                                                                                   
   k.sakenova@n-k.kz                                                             

Education
Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (1992)
Candidate of Science (Chemistry) (1996)

Professional interests
Maintenance of the Register of educational programs of higher and postgraduate education
Internationalization of higher education in the Republic of Kazakhstan

Professional experience
Pavlodar State University named after S. Toraigyrov - Lecturer at the Department of Chemistry, Associate Professor, Deputy Dean, Acting Deputy Director of the Institute of Natural Sciences, Head of the Department for Monitoring the Quality of the Educational Process, Deputy Director of the Department of Organization and Management of the Educational Process (1996 - 2006)
MES RK, Science Committee, Department of Scientific and Technical Programs, Department of Fundamental Programs - leading specialist, chief specialist (2006 - 2009)
MES RK, Committee for Quality Assurance in Education and Science - expert, chief expert, head of the Department for assessing the quality of scientific personnel training (2009 - 2021)

Advisor of the National Center for Higher Education Development MSHE RK

Contact information                                                                                                   
   a.nurmagambetov@n-k.kz                                                             
   +7 7172 287 536

Scope of work
National Qualifications Framework
Concept of Lifelong Learning

Education
The Faculty of Physics, Kazakh state university named after S.M.Kirov, Almaty, 1974
Postgraduate (Physics), Moscow State University named after Lomonosov, 1983
Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, 1984
Doctor of Political science, 2003
Professor, 2007

Professional experience
2014-2018  Acting Director of Bologna process and Academic mobility center
2013-2014  Acting Rector of K. Zhubanov Aktobe regional state university
2012-2013  Rector of Aktobe state pedagogical institute
2011-2012  Director of the Department of Strategic Planning and Information Technology, Ministry of Education and Science
2006-2011  Chief inspector, Head of the Sector, the State Inspector of the Presidential Administration of the Republic of Kazakhstan
1992-2006  Head of International Cooperation, acting professor Kazakh National University named after Al-Farabi, Almaty
1990-1992  The dean of the preparatory faculty for foreign citizens, associate professor (KNU)
1985-1990  Deputy Dean of the preparatory faculty for foreign citizens, associate professor(KSU)
1983-1985  Senior Research Scientist of Faculty of Physics (KSU)
1974-1978  Researcher at the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Kazakh SSR

Publications & Research
1. Education Policy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the context of the Transformation of the Higher Education System. - Almaty: "Domino", 2002
2. Strategy for Development of Higher Education in Europe: Documents. - Almaty: Kazakh University, 2004
3. Kazakhstan: Transformation of School Education in the Years of Independence and Globalization //Globalization, Modernization and Education in Muslim Countries.-Ed. Rukhsana Zia/- New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2006