Activities of the Kazakh National Pedagogical University named after Abay 2020-2021 academic year

In Kazakh National Pedagogical University named after Abay achievement and implementation of objectives of the SDGs are carried out in 5 areas based on the Policy of Sustainable Development of the non-profit joint-stock company "Kazakh National Pedagogical University named after Abay": "people" (eliminating poverty and hunger in all forms and ensuring equal access to a decent life), "planet" (protecting the climate and natural resources of our planet for future generations), "prosperity" (ensuring prosperity and fulfilling life in harmony with nature), "peace" (promoting peaceful, just and inclusive communities), "partnership" (implementing the agenda through strong global cooperation).

SDG 8 is implemented in the direction of "Prosperity".

• In order to employ graduates, the University annually holds traditional Job Fairs. The "Graduate-2021" Job Fair was attended by education departments and school directors of Almaty region, Nur-Sultan, Almaty, Pavlodar cities, RUOC "Baldauren", Educational portal "www.bilimland.kz". According to the results of the fair, the teachers of mathematics, physics, computer science, elementary school, the employees of pre-school educational institutions are in most demand today.
• For employment of graduates of Kazakh National Pedagogical University named after Abay, the Mobile application "Mansap" is developed and implemented, which allows the graduate to find vacancies in the place of residence and find a job without outside interference, the employer - to save time in finding the right specialist.
• In 2020: 95% of graduates were employed; in 2020, 208 graduate students by the time they graduated from the University were employed in schools at the place of teaching practice.

In 2021, 95% of graduates were employed: 95% of graduates, in 2021, 210 graduate students were employed in schools by the time they graduated from the University through their teaching internships.

For the academic year 2020/2021 KazNPU named after Abay has a partnership with 244 employers, including 232 state organizations.

Graduates' graduation and employment for the last 3 years are presented in 3 tables 2.2, 2.3, 2.4 of the annual report (link: https://www.kaznpu.kz/docs/rector/08.07.2022_kaz.pdf):

Table 2.2.

Employment of 2019 graduates

Level of education	Graduation 2019	Graduation 2019 by state order	Employed total (%)	Employed by state order (%)
Bachelor's degree	1253	476	1215 (97%)	458 (96%)
Master's degree	494	438	479 (97%)	419 (95%)
Doctoral studies PhD	53	37	53 (100%)	37 (100%)
TOTAL	1800	951	1747 (97%)	914 (96%)

Table 2.3.

Employment of 2020 graduates

Level of education	Graduation 2020	Graduation 2020 by state order	Employed total (%)	Employed by state order (%)
Bachelor's degree	1226	455	1147 (94%)	431 (95%)
Master's degree	611	565	593 (97%)	533 (94%)
Doctoral studies PhD	117	113	117 (100%)	113 (100%)
TOTAL	1954	1133	1857 (95%)	1077 (95%)

Table 2.4.

Employment of 2021 graduates

Level of education	Graduation 2021	Graduation 2021 by state order	Employed total (%)	Employed by state order (%)
Bachelor's degree	2182	862	2062 (95%)	819 (95%)
Master's degree	508	421	485 (95%)	401 (95%)
Doctoral studies PhD	220	200	220 (100%)	200 (100%)
TOTAL	2910	1483	2767 (95%)	1311 (88%)

By 2025, KazNPU named after Abai aspires to become a center of academic excellence. The advantage of Abai University is that the university offers quality educational opportunities to everyone and at any age to get a decent job and improve the quality of life in terms of finances.

• In April 2021 a survey "Satisfaction of Teachers with working conditions in KazNPU named after Abai" was organized. The purpose of the study is to assess the satisfaction of teachers of Kazakh National Pedagogical University named after Abay with working conditions. The main objectives of the study are: to identify the characteristics of labor motivation of teachers of the university; to determine the degree of teachers' satisfaction with various aspects of work; generalized proposals and recommendations for improving working conditions; development of recommendations to improve working conditions of the teaching staff. The methodological basis is a mass survey of university teachers. The survey was conducted in the form of online questionnaire of teachers on a specially designed questionnaire. The online form of the questionnaire was created with the help of Google forms. A total of 771 teaching staff, or 73% of teachers of the total number of teaching staff in nine structural units of the university were interviewed.
  The results of the survey show that the motivating factors for teachers of KazNPU named after Abay are the possibility of self-realization and the importance of interpersonal relationships in the team (every second). Every third university teacher notes the importance of such factors as the prestige of working at the university and the proposed working conditions (schedule, location of the university, the duration of leave, etc.). It should be noted that the majority of teachers are not motivated by economic incentives. Thus, on the basis of the study we can recommend the need to improve working conditions both for the university as a whole and for its individual units. In particular, it concerns the equipment of classrooms, laboratories with modern technical means of education, availability and provision of computer, Internet resources and office equipment, social support for teachers, social and everyday aspects of work (checkrooms, toilets, canteens).