Kazakhstan Recognized at the International Coursera Conference

At the annual Coursera conference, an important historic event took place for our country – the Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Sayasat Nurbek, was awarded the international Learning Hero prize, the ministry’s press service reports.

The Learning Hero Award is Coursera’s recognition of individuals and organizations that become true agents of change, introducing digital tools for learning on the scale of entire countries and industries. The award is given for courage, strategic thinking, and leadership in transforming education through global online platforms.

Kazakhstan is implementing one of the world’s most large-scale programs of education digitalization: Kazakhstani students have received about 350,000 certificates on the Coursera platform, dozens of courses have been localized into Kazakh, universities have integrated online courses into their academic programs, and leading digital resources have become accessible to students of all universities across the country.

These strategic steps position Kazakhstan as a state that is successfully carrying out the reform of digital education.