Tokayev makes visit to building of defense department of Zhetysu region's Karatal district
As part of his working trip to Zhetysu region, Head of State Kassym-Jomart Tokayev inspected the building of the defense department of Karatal district, located in Ushtobe town, Kazinform News Agency has learnt from Akorda.
Operational since 1983, the building was completely renovated and transferred to the defense department this October.
Defense Minister Ruslan Zhakssylykov reported Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on the project Smart-military commissariat, that automatically registers citizens for military service.
According to the minister, up to 160,000 17-year-olds are automatically registered for military service annually. The defense ministry also developed the resource mobilization information system. Digital technologies boosted the number of military conscripts aged 16-60 to 6.8 million, a significant rise from 2.5 million, who previously had to register for service in the paper form.
In addition, servicemen, trained in IT, created the Armiakz information service as part of the realization of the Hearing State concept. The AI-based service helps to organize educational and ideological work as well as has its own mobile version, allowing to get feedback from parents.
President Tokayev had a conversation with the conscripts and wished them success in their military service.
