This year we conducted the FIRST TEACHER contest for the 12th time!
Those who follow the news of our CONTEST or are interested in the life of schools in Kyrgyzstan have already had the opportunity to read about the Topic of the year, learn about the activity of teachers from different regions of the country, and about the six finalists of the first round. The interested site visitors could also read the best essays of the year. We give he links to publications the end of this report.
We held the second round of the contest and the award ceremony on April 27, 2024 in the Auditorium of the Kyrgyz State Medical Academy (KSMA) named after I.K. Akhunbaev. The event lasted from 10:00 to 17:00.
As always, I am sharing with you a report on the final stage of the 12th contest and the award ceremony. The ceremony of awarding the “Sign of Respect” of the Sanjarbek Daniyarov Foundation was also held during the event. This is in a separate report.
I try to make this report as succinct and short as possible, but a simple enumeration of the key facts takes up a lot of space. So get ready to read, as they like to say now, “a lot of letters.”
ABOUT THE SECOND ROUND OF THE CONTEST (FINAL)
As usual, according to the rules of our contest, 6 people reached the final according to the estimates of the first round. All of them came from different regions – Isakova Nurjan from Suzak district, Ganyeva Aimyskal from Batken district, Japarova Aigul from Zhayyl district, Duyshonby kyzy Bermet from Ton district, Serkebayeva Gulzana from Tyup district and Umetalieva Indira from Kemin district. We presented these teachers with Diplomas of the winners of the first round of the CONTEST.
We presented the finalists to you and told you about the course of the first round in our previous report, the link is at the end of this publication, there is also a link to the published works of the finalists.
Below are our finalists, the participants of the 2 round
As always, we have sent the tasks of the second round in advance to participants to give them opportunity to prepare answers. There were three tasks in total, each with 6 questions, the finalists did not know which question of the six would fall to whom, it was determined by drawing lots. As last year, we sent out the tasks of the second round to all participants of the contest, who would cone to the second round as observers and fans, not just to the finalists. We believe that it is more interesting for the audience to listen to the answers of finalists if the observers have their own versions of the answers. Every year, not only the finalists come to the second round, but all the participants of the contest. They come to receive Certificates of participation, as well as to communicate with each other, cheer for the finalists, listen to the speech of the Guest of Honor. This year there were up to 5 teachers from the same school arrived together to our event.
In the course of the contest and breaks
I must say that the questions of the second round were highly appreciated by the participants, who noted that the tasks reflect the real difficulties in school education and upbringing faced by teachers. You can also read or download the tasks of the second round here. Tasks in Russian, Tasks in Kyrgyz
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS!
They are:
ISAKOVA NURJAN, Y. Chanakov secondary school, Jalal-Abad region, Suzak district, Kyzyl Semir village – 172 points. She reached the final of the CONTEST for the third time: in the 8th CONTEST (2019) she reached the final, in the 10th (2021) she took second place and became a laureate, and finally in the 12th CONTEST (2023/24 academic year) she became the winner!
GANYEVA AIMYSKAL, Secondary School named after K. Tagaeva, Batken region, Batken district, Samarqandek, Jany Bak village – 171 points. I participated for the first time.
UMETALIEVA INDIRA, Secondary school named after Abdykayira Kazakbayeva, Chuy region, Keminsky district, Chym-Korgon village – 169 points. I participated for the first time.
Our congratulations to the winners! We wish them success in teaching and educating children!
ABOUT OUR JURY
In the second round, the contestants were evaluated by the same jury members as in the first round. There are 16 people in total, of which 10 are experts in the education system, and 7 are winners of our CONTEST of previous years. Three people were unable to participate in the judging in the second round due to work reasons.
Our judges work on a voluntary basis, at the expense of their personal time. The “veterans” of our jury – Zharkyn Ryskulova and Mira Mykyeva have been participating in this work for 12 years, and Zamira Momunkulova, Mirgul Esengulova, Chynara Batrakeeva have been for 10 years.
We believe that the high professionalism of the jury is extremely important for the high level of our CONTEST. We will tell you more about our jury in a separate publication.
The presenter announces the names of the jury members, who solemnly go to their places at the jury table:
ABOUT OUR EVENT HOST
Our permanent presenter, starting from the 8th CONTEST, is Taalaibek Myrzabaevich Myrzabaev, a primary school teacher at K.Karachev secondary school No. 21 in the village of Sary-Dobo Tyupsky district of Issyk-Kul region. Taalaibek Myrzabaevich is a national coach of international projects, an experienced mentor of young teachers, and the winner of the “SIGN OF RESPECT” award of the Sanzharbek Daniyarov Foundation. I think it is very important to note that Taalaibek Myrzabaevich is our volunteer, he participates in the contest not for financial reward, but at the call of his soul!
I want to repeat the words from my report last year: general education, knowledge of the work of a rural primary school teacher, artistry and sincere enthusiasm for the cause make Taalaibek Myrzabaevich a virtuoso and irreplaceable presenter!
Our event host – Taalaybek Myrzabaev
ABOUT THE GUEST OF HONOR
The invitation of the Guest of Honor is a very important tradition of our CONTEST. Teachers specially come to Bishkek to meet with colleagues and take part in a professional forum. We use this opportunity to organize a lively exchange of opinions with an interesting person, our contemporary, to find out his ideas, thoughts and ideas on the Theme of the year.
This year, as the Guest of Honor of the 12th FIRST TEACHER CONTEST, we invited Jenishgul Ozybekova.
Our guest of honor is a poet, playwright, screenwriter, theater actress, TV journalist, film producer. Many consider her to be one of the creators of the Kyrgyz television series. Suffice it to say that Jenishgul eje is the producer of such popular TV series as “Chirkin omur” (40 episodes), “Apamdyn Mahabaty” (20 episodes), “Jalbyz” (22 episodes), “Muras” (10 episodes), “Choochun kishi” (12 episodes in season 1), the author of the scripts of many of them, as well as the screenwriter and producer of the feature film “Karagyz”, directed by Gennady Bazarov. Oga is the author of a number of poetry books and drama collections.
Of course, the guest shared her opinion about labor migration, the consequences of this process for our younger generation, and shared interesting examples from her practice while working on films. And, of course, they touched on creative plans that were keenly interested in the audience.
ABOUT THE VENUE OF THE EVENT
As last year, we gathered in the Assembly Hall of the I.K. Akhunbayev KSMU. This is the second time we have held the 2nd round of the CONTEST and the award ceremony at this famous educational institution. How lucky we are that the academy has provided us with its own hall!
Our dear participants, arriving in the morning from all over the country, found themselves in a clean and bright, beautifully decorated Assembly hall with a high ceiling with a capacity of 250 people. I want to share with you how pleased I was, as the organizer of the event, that everything was done for the convenience of participants by modern standards: a huge screen – a plasma panel that does not need dimming in the hall, a computer permanently installed and already paired with a screen and 4 speakers, everything is clearly adjusted; video cameras, already turned on and set up for live broadcast on YouTube, several microphones that do not need to be brought from somewhere and checked…
As before, we did not use the stage, but set up tables for the jury members so that they could see the six participants of the second round, at the same time the participants and the audience would see the jury members and the score plates.
I would like to sincerely thank the leadership of the KSMU, first of all the rector, Professor Indira Kudaibergenova, for the opportunity to hold our event in the KSMU hall. The staff of the KSMU were very attentive to us, provided maximum support in organizational matters, first of all, the vice-rector for state language and educational work Gulsunkan Zhunushalieva. Dayyr Kalybek uulu supervised and quickly solved technical issues. Assistance in organizational matters was provided by the commandant of the Main Peace Corps, as well as staff and students of the Department of Normal Physiology named after S.B.Daniyarov.
ABOUT VOLUNTEER ASSISTANTS
The registration of the arriving guests was helped by volunteer Nazira Akmatova, an employee of the Historical Museum, and Marat Rayymkulov, a physicist and artist, as well as my son-in-law.
As always, Bektur Daniyarov, an interventional cardiologist and my brother, and Asel Jumakova, a lecturer in economics at KRSU, and Bektur’s wife, kept records and registered the points awarded to the participants by the jury members. I would especially like to thank Assel for her effective assistance during the event.
During the event, Tolonbayev Bakyt, a nephew, worked with sound and image.
Unfortunately, there was no musical surprise this year. The musicians we were waiting for couldn’t come. But we will definitely continue the tradition next year!
GENERAL PHOTO OF PARTICIPANTS OF THE 12TH CONTEST “THE FIRST TEACHER”, THE GUEST OF HONOR, MEMBERS OF THE JURY, THE PRESENTER AND THE ORGANIZER
If the readers of these lines have criticism or constructive suggestions regarding this contest, write in the comments, I will definitely pay full attention to this.
More on the topic:
THE FIRST ROUND 12 OF THE “FIRST TEACHER” CONTEST IS OVER. THE NAMES OF THE FINALISTS ARE KNOWN
THE 12TH “FIRST TEACHER” CONTEST. ESSAYS WITH THE HIGHEST SCORES
Here are reports on the travels of the winners:
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