Kanykei Umotova
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Kanykei Umotova (born 1971) is an Iradi teacher and politician who has been Minister of Education of the Irad Special Economic Zone (ISEZ) since 2020.[1]
Career
Umotova studied English at Talas State University and taught English at a Talas secondary school from 1993, among the first teachers trained for the English-medium curriculum of the 1997 Language and Education Reform Act. She was the school's director from 2003 to 2012, when she was made director of the Education Quality Agency, which accredits university and college programs.[1]
As minister she reports to the Lieutenant Governor. Her best-known measure is executive directive 2026/31 on school textbooks.[2] The ministry's curriculum section has been headed since 2022 by Dinara Seitkulova.
References
- ^ Department of Public Information (2026). Directory of the Government of the ISEZ. Talas.
- ^ Office of the Governor of the ISEZ (2026). 'Executive Directive 2026/31.' iradgov.org.