{"slug": "2600-rural-schools-in-kazakhstan-to-adopt-ai-technologies", "title": "2,600 rural schools in Kazakhstan to adopt AI technologies", "summary": "By 2029, 2,600 small rural schools across Kazakhstan will gradually implement artificial intelligence technologies to reduce the education quality gap between urban and rural areas, according to Enlightenment Minister Zhuldyz Suleimenova at a Government meeting. The plan follows a presidential decree adopted on May 12, 2026, with pilot projects starting September 1, 2026, in 10 rural schools in Pavlodar and Kyzylorda regions, initially covering 500 schools.", "body_md": "# 2,600 rural schools in Kazakhstan to adopt AI technologies\n\nBy 2029, 2,600 small rural schools across Kazakhstan will gradually implement artificial intelligence technologies to reduce the education quality gap between urban and rural areas, [Qazinform News Agency](https://qazinform.com/news) quotes Enlightenment Minister Zhuldyz Suleimenova as saying at today’s Government meeting.\n\nShe reminded the President’s Decree On measures to introduce [artificial intelligence](https://qazinform.com/search_results?q=artificial+intelligence+) in secondary education of the Republic of Kazakhstan was adopted on May 12, 2026. The Ministry and concerned state bodies have developed a comprehensive plan for the development of the decree for 2026-2029.\n\nStarting September 1, 2026, projects will be piloted in 10 rural schools in Pavlodar and Kyzylorda regions to narrow the gap in education quality between urban and rural [schools](https://qazinform.com/search_results?q=school&page=2).\n\nThe initial stage will cover 500 schools. The projects will be gradually introduced at all 2,600 small rural schools.\n\nNoteworthy, a Kazakh student [secured](https://qazinform.com/news/kazakh-school-student-claims-silver-at-the-international-olympiad-in-ai-8272ce) a place in the top three at the International Olympiad in Artificial Intelligence (IOAI 2026) in Astana, one of the world's largest AI competitions for young talent.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/2600-rural-schools-in-kazakhstan-to-adopt-ai-technologies", "canonical_source": "https://qazinform.com/news/2600-rural-schools-in-kazakhstan-to-adopt-ai-technologies-2eb33a", "published_at": "2026-08-18 06:04:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-18 06:41:08.893124+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["Qazinform News Agency", "Zhuldyz Suleimenova", "Kazakhstan", "Pavlodar", "Kyzylorda", "International Olympiad in Artificial Intelligence"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/2600-rural-schools-in-kazakhstan-to-adopt-ai-technologies", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/2600-rural-schools-in-kazakhstan-to-adopt-ai-technologies.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/2600-rural-schools-in-kazakhstan-to-adopt-ai-technologies.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/2600-rural-schools-in-kazakhstan-to-adopt-ai-technologies.jsonld"}}