Murat Sartbayev, Deputy Director of the Project Management Unit of the Fostering Productive Innovation Project, considers it necessary to increase the number of graduates of universities trained in information technologies, work with artificial intelligence and "large data," BNews.kz reports.

With this approach, according to Murat Sartbayev, we can achieve the tasks set by the Head of State in his Address to the people of Kazakhstan. Mr.Sartbayev believes that it is necessary to develop university science with a priority on research in metallurgy, oil and gas chemistry, agro-industrial complex, bio- and IT-technologies.

"It is required to carry out a phased transition to English of applied scientific research. Universities need to actively implement joint projects with leading foreign universities and research centers, large enterprises and TNCs," says the Deputy Director of the Fostering Productive Innovation Project.

According to Murat Sartbayev, co-financing from the private sector should become an obligatory requirement for all applied research and development.

"We need to build a system policy to support our young scientists with allocation of quotas within the framework of scientific grants. It's time for education to be treated as a separate branch of the economy with its investment projects and export potential," he concluded.

Source: bnews.kz