On July 1, 2025, the N. Bekbosynov Mangystau Energy College hosted a professional MEETUP event titled “Transforming the Experience of Foreign Colleges: Practice, Innovation, and Cooperation.”

Purpose:
To study transformation practices in the college education systems of France, Singapore, Turkey, the United Kingdom, Azerbaijan, Japan, Dubai, and China, in order to identify effective models and digital solutions adaptable to colleges in the Mangystau region.

???? Key discussion areas:

• SmartCollege ecosystem – electronic document management: document registration, approval, and execution control.

• Education automation – creation of timetables, electronic gradebooks, monitoring of student performance and attendance, assignment distribution, and automation of personalized learning trajectories (proctoring).

• Smart Dashboard – development of a monitoring system for visual reports and forecasts on document management.

• SmartKomek – an AI assistant operating in the Kazakh language.

• Attendance monitoring (turnstile system) – integrating attendance data with the electronic gradebook.

• Digital Content Center (3D visualization, simulators, EduTechMarket).

• InnoMEC – an innovation and creative team.

• WorkWise AI platform development – an effective career guidance project.

• Social project “Elders in the Digital World.”

• Creation of a community of subject teachers based on Lesson Study methodology.

???? Participants:
Representatives of the Mangystau Region Education Department and the Methodological Center, college directors and deputy directors, lecturers, and deputy directors from the Aktau College of Technological Service.

Expected outcomes:

• Implementation of concrete projects.

• Development of recommendations for local colleges.

• Methodologies based on international experience.

• Establishment of a cooperation network.

At the start of the event, College Director Ainagul Koshkinbaiqyzy noted that the college underwent international sectoral accreditation with the Paris Academy on July 16, 2024. Based on the accreditation, memorandums of cooperation were signed with School Raspail and Marcel Deprez by French School.

Within the framework of external academic mobility, teachers and students of the college were interviewed online by the Paris Academy of the French Republic. Following successful interviews, several college teachers, a vocational training master, and six students completed internships at Lycee Marcel Deprez and Lycee Raspail from March 28 to April 6, 2025.

This internship aimed to work directly with modern technologies, achieve tangible results, and develop professional skills. Most importantly, students learned to assemble robots, program them for control, and complete various tasks. For example, they wrote code to make robots follow a set trajectory or transport objects from one point to another. They also mastered working with 3D printers, designing, and printing real objects.

To consolidate students’ knowledge and skills, several projects were launched. These innovative projects are planned to be registered as copyrighted works and undergo the process of patenting as intellectual property. This reflects the growing scientific and creative potential of the college and the transformation of new ideas into tangible results.

A final event to present the project outcomes is planned for December 2025.

This meeting became an important innovative platform that will lead regional colleges into a new stage of development.