This was reported at the press service of the Central Communications Service during the press conference by the akim of the Kostanay region, A. Mukhambetov.

“This year 432.5 million tenge was allocated to provide Internet access to healthcare and education facilities,” Archimedes Begezhanovich said. “As a result, by the end of the year, 85% of urban and rural schools and 93% of medical institutions will be connected to broadband Internet.”

A systematic work is being done to equip the multimedia and computer equipment of educational institutions of the region.

In addition, a specialized boarding school of information technologies "Ozat", equipped with modern equipment and advanced technologies, has been opened. The IT-school provides a wide range of high-quality educational services, in-depth training in the exact sciences and information technologies, the development of programming skills, the cultivation of a culture of IT-technologies. In the educational building of the school there are rooms for robotics, 3D modeling, and eSports.

Also, Archimedes Mukhambetov informed media journalists that a medical information system was implemented in almost all medical organizations in the region.