About 80 kindergartens to be put into service in Kazakhstan in 2011-2013

ASTANA. March 12. KAZINFORM /Muratbek Makulbekov/ 79 new kindergartens will be built in Kazakhstan in 2011-2013. Executive secretary of Kazakh Education and Science Ministry Bolatbek Abdrassilov said it at the ministry's board meeting on Saturday.

The state budget includes KZT 16.1 billion for the construction of 68 kindergartens this year," he said.

By 2015 it is planned to update five educational programs for pre-school organizations. In accordance with the president's address, 74 percent of children should be covered with pre-school education by 2015, and 100 percent - by 2020.