History and Activities of the First Kazakh Institute of Education in Tashkent

Abstract

A comprehensive study and creative use of the historical experience of Kazakhstani education is of particular importance for solving its modern problems. The necessity of studying this topic lies in the fact that the subject of research is the problem of creating a system of pedagogical educational institutions for training teachers with secondary education, including national personnel in the 1920s. In this regard, this article is devoted to the history of the creation and activities of the Kazakh Institute of Education in Tashkent. Its origins date back to October 1918, when, by decision of the People’s Commissariat of Education of the Turkestan Republic, the Kyrgyz (Kazakh) Pedagogical Department was opened at the Russian Pedagogical School. Based on archival data, the article analyzes the preparatory measures for the opening of the institute and identifies its sources of funding. The development of the institute’s material base is examined, its students and teaching staff are studied, and the contribution of the first Kazakh institute in Tashkent to the training of personnel for Russian-Kazakh schools in the 1920s is determined. General issues of the organization of the educational process, the evolution of educational programs, and the principles of educational and training work at the institute are revealed.