Associate Professor of the Department of Management Askar Smagulov Discusses the President’s Address with Students

Askar Smagulov, Candidate of Economic Sciences and Associate Professor of the Department of Management, held a discussion with 4th-year students of the "State and Local Government" program on the Address of the Head of State Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to the people of Kazakhstan, "Kazakhstan's Pressing Tasks in a New Historical Cycle". 

The discussion focused on the key directions set out in the Address: creating new jobs through people's construction initiatives, introducing a three-year moratorium on inspections of small and medium-sized businesses, developing digitalization and artificial intelligence, preferential financing mechanisms, and streamlining the social assistance system. Participants noted that, alongside long-term goals, the document sets specific targets and deadlines. 

The students emphasized that the Address opens the way for young people to receive a modern education and seize new opportunities. If the proposed reforms are implemented fully and on time, the whole country will undoubtedly benefit. At the end of the discussion, the students expressed their support for the Address and their readiness to contribute to its implementation.