Unofficial translation
In accordance with subparagraph 19-2) of Article 5 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Education" I ORDER:
1. To approve the attached Rules for providing textbooks and educational- methodical complexes of students and pupils of state educational organizations.
2. The Committee for Control in the Field of Education and Science of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan, in the manner prescribed by law, shall ensure:
1) state registration of this order in the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
2) within ten calendar days after the state registration of this order, send a copy of it for official publication in periodicals and the Legal Information System Әdilet , as well as in the Republican State Enterprise on the right of economic management “Republican Center for Legal Information of the Ministry of Justice Of the Republic of Kazakhstan ”for placement in the Reference Control Bank of regulatory legal acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
3) the placement of this order on the official Internet resource of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
4) within ten business days after the state registration of a standing order with the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the provision to the Legal Department of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan of information on the implementation of measures provided for in subparagraphs 1), 2) and 3) of this paragraph.
3. The control over the execution of this order shall be assigned to the Chairman of the Committee for Control in the Sphere of Education and Science of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan S.N. Nyusupov
4. This order becomes effective upon expiration of ten calendar days after the day of its first official publication.
Minister of Education and Science Republic of Kazakhstan |
A. Sarinzhipov |
Approved by order of the Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated January 28, 2016 No. 91 |
Rules for the provision of textbooks and educational and methodological complexes for students and pupils of state educational organizations
Footnote. Rules - in the wording of the order of the Minister of Education and Science of the RK dated 29.07.2020 № 324 (shall enter into force upon expiry of ten calendar days after the day of its first official publication).
Chapter 1. General provisions
1. These Rules for provision of textbooks and educational and methodological complexes for students and pupils of state educational organizations (hereinafter referred to as the Rules) shall have been developed in accordance with the Article 5, subparagraph 19-2 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated July 27, 2007 "On Education" with the aim of timely and complete provision of textbooks and educational and methodological complexes (hereinafter referred to as EMC) educational organizations implementing general education curricula of primary, basic secondary education, general secondary education, specialized general education and special educational programs on the basis of the state order (hereinafter referred to as the educational organizations).
2. These Rules shall determine the procedure for provision of textbooks and EMC for students and pupils of state educational organizations, the terms of execution, the consolidation of the functions of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan (hereinafter referred to as the Ministry), its subordinate organization - the Republican Scientific and Practical Center "Textbook" (hereinafter referred to as the RSPC "Textbook"), territorial departments of the Committee for quality provision in the field of education and science of the Ministry (hereinafter referred to as the Departments), local executive bodies in the field of education and educational organizations.
3. Students and pupils of the educational organizations implementing general education training programs of primary, main secondary, general secondary education, specialized general education and special training programs irrespective of the social status according to Article 47, paragraph 3, subparagraph 7), of the Law of “On Education” dated July 27, 2007 shall be provided with free textbooks, EMC, including electronic textbooks, to the extent foreseen by the education authorities for the school year, at the expense of local and republican budgets.
4. The basic concepts used in this Rules shall be:
1) monitoring the provision of educational institutions with educational literature - collection, storage, processing and dissemination of information on the progress of providing educational publications (the results of public procurement of educational publications by educational organizations, the results of the conclusion of agreements for sending of publishing houses and the delivery of educational publications by transport companies, the selection by schools of textbooks and EMC from among alternative textbooks included in the List of textbooks, educational and methodological complexes, manuals and other additional literature, including on electronic media (hereinafter referred to as the List), the state of the book fund in school libraries);
2) publishing house - an enterprise that shall prepare and publish textbooks, EMC and teaching aids;
3) textbook - a type of educational publication (paper or electronic), containing a systematized presentation of the educational subject corresponding to the State mandatory standard of education, a standard curriculum;
4) educational and methodological complex (UMC) - a set of educational and methodological publications accompanying the textbook and aimed at providing that students shall learn the content of educational subjects (disciplines), including a methodological guide for the teacher, textbook, workbooks for grades 1 and 2, a collection of dictation, a collection of tasks and exercises, cartographic maps, including on electronic media;
5) an electronic textbook - a software-methodological training complex corresponding to a typical curriculum and providing an opportunity for a student to learn a training course or its section on-line, perform tasks and evaluate their educational achievements independently or with the help of a teacher.
Chapter 2.
Procedure for provision of educational organizations with textbooks, educational and
methodological complexes and teaching materials, including electronic textbooks
5. Providing library stock of the organizations of education with textbooks and EMC, including the electronic textbooks having entered the List shall be carried out by acquisition every 5 (five) years for levels of primary, main secondary, general secondary education and every 6 (six) years for the organizations of vocational education and an annual acquisition of necessary number of textbooks and EMC, including electronic textbooks, according to the contingent of students.
6. The republican organizations of education and also the compatriots studying at foreign schools according to the international agreements shall be provided with textbooks and EMC at the expense of means of the republican budget.
7. The organizations of education annually till May 25 shall carry out inventory of book fund regarding sufficiency of number of textbooks and EMC on the contingent of students and issue from book fund textbooks and EMC to students the next academic year.
8. Local executive bodies annually till September 30 shall define the expected number of students in the organizations of education the next academic year taking into account the contingent of students and pupils and on the basis form requests for acquisition of textbooks and EMC, including electronic textbooks, the forthcoming academic year.
9. Publishing houses annually in October shall send estimated prices for textbooks and EMC to the Ministry.
10. Publishing houses annually no later than October 30 shall post on the websites of the organizations preliminary price lists on textbooks and EMC for formation of the budgetary request by local executive bodies for acquisition of textbooks and EMC.
11. According to Article 5, subparagraph 27-1) of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated July 27, 2007 "On Education" the Ministry annually till March 28 shall approve the List and post it on the website of the Ministry for acquaintance of the organizations of education and publishing houses.
12. Within five working days after the approval of the List, price lists on the textbooks and EMC included in the List shall be posted on the websites of publishing houses.
13. Methodical associations of the organizations of education or teachers of the organizations of education where there shall be no methodical associations till April 5 shall carry out the choice of textbooks and EMC the forthcoming academic year and fill out applications in a form according to Annex 1 to these Rules.
14. The school librarian on the basis of solutions of methodical associations or the selection of teachers of the educational organizations where there shall not be methodical associations till April 10 through the National educational database (hereinafter referred to as NEDB) shall request for acquisition of textbooks and EMC, including electronic textbooks.
15. Local executive bodies annually till April 15 on the basis of the applications included the organizations of education in NEDB shall send to publishing houses the request for acquisition of textbooks and EMC, including electronic textbooks.
16. Local executive bodies annually till April 25 shall sign agreements with the publishing houses making release of textbooks and EMC in the order provided by the Civil code of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the basis of applications of the organizations of education.
17. Local executive bodies signing of the agreements with the publishing houses publishing textbooks and EMC shall be carried out in the presence of the conclusion of sanitary and epidemiologic examination of educational editions on compliance to their order of the Minister of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated August 19, 2015 No. 611 "On approval of hygienic standards to educational editions" (it is registered in the State Register of Regulatory Legal Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 12089).
18. Local executive bodies annually till April 30 shall organize procedures of public procurement by definition of potential suppliers of service in delivery of textbooks and EMC from the publishing houses making release of textbooks and EMC to the organizations of education.
19. Local executive bodies annually till August 1 shall organize acquisition and delivery of textbooks and EMC to the organizations of education implementing general education training programs of primary, basic secondary, general secondary education, specialized general education and special training programs in the volume predicted by educational bodies the forthcoming academic year.
20. Local executive bodies till August 10 shall carry out distribution of textbooks and EMC, including electronic textbooks, according to the applications of the organizations of education included in NEDB.
21. Local executive bodies annually shall send to the Ministry final information on provision with textbooks and EMC, including electronic textbooks, the organizations of education by forthcoming academic year till August 10 and information on provision with other parts of textbooks and EMC (if any) till December 5.
22. At delivery of textbooks for examination the publishing house shall send to RNPC "Textbook" the electronic version of the textbook for placement on the portal of public assessment of quality of textbooks.
23. RSPC "Textbook" jointly with Departments shall carry out each decade monitoring to the period from June 1 to September 10 during which local executive bodies shall submit data on delivery, publishing houses – about shipment.
24. At detection of printing defect within the first academic year of use of the textbook and EMC the publishing house shall carry out their replacement at the expense of own means.
25. The school librarian till September 10 shall enter in NEDB data on textbooks and EMC, including the electronic textbooks brought to the organization of education.
26. RSPC "Textbook" shall carry out from September 10 to November 10 monitoring of compliance of the acquired textbooks and EMC to applications of methodical associations or teachers (in the absence of methodical associations) according to data of NEDB.
27. RSPC "Textbook through NEDB on a constant basis shall carry out monitoring of a condition of school libraries and process of replenishment of funds of school libraries with textbooks and EMC, including electronic textbooks, art, popular scientific and educational and methodical literature, by the results shall submit recommendations to local executive bodies.
28. Local executive bodies if necessaryl carry out redistribution of textbooks and EMC between the organizations of education in the region, the city, oblast.
Application for selection of textbooks or EMC
№ | Name of the textbook or EMC | Grade | Publishing center | Authors | Publication year | Number (pieces.) |
Signatures of members of the methodological association or signature of the teacher
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Date of application_____________ "___" , 20 ___
Accepted: ________________________________________________ ________________
(last name, first name, patronymic (if any) (signature)