THE CONCEPT OF DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION, DEVELOPMENT OF THE INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AND CYBERSECURITY INDUSTRY FOR 2023
Keywords:
education system, digital technologies, academic work, training, Internet, higher education, digitalization, digital transformation, communication technologiesAbstract
The article analyzes one of the urgent problems of the transformation of higher education in the conditions of digitalization.
President Kassym-Jomart Kemeluly Tokayev in his annual address to the people stressed that we face a strategically important task – to turn Kazakhstan into an IT country.
A cloud-based learning system, online textbooks, virtual laboratories, open educational content are all waiting for the education of Kazakhstan in the very near future. Digitalization, which the country has embarked on, is one of the leading trends in the process of reforming this sphere. To create a digital society, it will be necessary to update the education system in accordance with the best world practices. Emphasis will be placed on the development of creative and critical thinking, as well as on the use of modern educational technologies in the learning process.
In accordance with the State Program "Digital Kazakhstan", a target indicator is provided in the field of education to increase the level of digital literacy of the population to 83% by 2022.
Digital literacy is a person's knowledge and ability to use information and communication technologies in everyday and professional activities. To date, the level of digital literacy in Kazakhstan, according to the Statistics Committee of the Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan is 84.1%. In the Republic of Kazakhstan, on the basis of the leading information systems operating in the industry, it is planned to create a unified education management system.
