Kazakhstan Integrates Media and Information Literacy into Its Education System
Kazakhstan has taken an important step toward incorporating Media and Information Literacy (MIL) into the country’s compulsory education standards and secondary school curricula. In 2025, the UNESCO Regional Office in Almaty, in cooperation with the Altynsarin National Academy of Education under the Ministry of Education of Kazakhstan, carried out comprehensive preparatory work in this field.
As part of the initiative, a three-day training program was organized for national experts, focusing on how MIL can be integrated into education policies. Subsequently, existing curricula were reviewed to assess in which subjects MIL is currently included and how it can be further strengthened. The analyses revealed that media and information literacy is present across all core subjects, but that its implementation remains uneven.
During the project, a practical guide for teachers was also developed, and regional workshops were held in Uralsk, Taraz, Semey, Pavlodar, and Almaty. These efforts aim to support teachers and education specialists in developing students’ media and information literacy skills in line with the demands of the digital age.