Each student from a low-income family in Nur-Sultan will receive 40 thousand tenge

In Nur-Sultan (Astana), in order for low-income families to buy the necessary school supplies in sufficient quantities, 40 thousand tenge will be allocated for each child in the family. Akim of the capital - Altai Kulginov, personally informed about it.

Also, 17 thousand children will receive help from the universal education fund. According to statistics, this is 4300 more children than last year. Also, last year, only 30 thousand tenge per child was allocated for the purchase of necessary educational supplies for low-income families.

He added that schoolchildren from socially vulnerable segments of the population will be provided with laptops and routers for distance learning. Almost 6 billion tenge will be allocated for this from the state budget.

You can read about further possible expenses of the Republic on distance education here.