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On November 1, 2024, at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University the QS Higher Education: Asia Pacific 2024 pre-summit was held. This event was dedicated to the development of higher education and was organized before the 20^th anniversary of the QS Asia-Pacific Summit.

Acting Chairman of the Board of the M. Auezov South Kazakhstan University G. Besbayev took part in the pre-summit. The speakers of the event were: Chief Commercial Director of the analytical agency QS Quacquarelli Symonds Jason Newman, Advisor to the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Malik Otarbayev, Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan Sayasat Nurbek, Regional Director for Partnership with Clients in the EAEU and Global Government of QS Sergey Khristolyubov, as well as heads of 350 universities from 150 countries!

The pre-summit became a platform for exchanging best practices and ideas, identifying key trends and strategies aimed at improving the quality of global higher education and mobilizing resources.

During the event, the Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Sayasat Nurbek, made a report on the work carried out by domestic universities to develop higher education and science. The Minister noted that 21 universities from Kazakhstan participate in the QS world ranking and achieve good results. In turn, Chief Commercial Officer of the analytical agency QS Quacquarelli Symonds Jason Newman, presented the heads of Kazakhstani universities that took high positions in the ranking, presented commemorative certificates.

After the plenary session, the discussions of education leaders continued in the sections "Integration of global goals in education", "Global connections", "Navigation technologies: best practices in the field of artificial intelligence and new technologies".

The QS Summit on Higher Education in the Asia-Pacific region will be held on November 5-7 in Macau. The final meeting of the QS pre-summit is scheduled for November 8 in Hong Kong.