On April 9, 2025,
a meeting of the Academic Committee of the Higher School of Natural Sciences
was held to update the educational program "Ecology and Nature
Management". The meeting was attended by Dana Zhanibekovna Agybaeva, Chief
Expert of the Committee for Environmental Regulation and Control of the
Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Aigul
Zulkharnayevna Zhumadilova, Head of ESG Trend LLP, Zhanseit Farkhat, Director
of Ecoservice-S LLP, as well as other specialists and experts from
organizations directly working in the field of environmental protection,
environmental consulting, nature management and sustainable development.
An open dialogue
between the university and employers made it possible to determine the
requirements for the competencies of future graduates: what knowledge and
practical skills a modern ecologist should have, what criteria for selecting
graduates are used by employers when hiring, and what specific changes need to
be made to the educational program to train in-demand and competitive
specialists. Employers
emphasized the need to strengthen practice-oriented disciplines and introduce
real cases and practical tasks from professional activities into the
educational process. It was recommended to include in the program disciplines
related to environmental management, sustainable development, ESG reporting,
environmental auditing, as well as digital tools for environmental monitoring.
Academic
committees are an effective platform for strengthening the connection between
science, education and business, and most importantly, they play an important
role in the formation of the country's professional human resources potential
in the field of ecology and sustainable development.