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“It’s about support and trust.” How Jas Leader is changing students across the country

Through the Jas Leader Akademiiasy program, 41,500 Kazakhstani students have developed leadership and teamwork skills, learned to express their ideas clearly, and become more attentive to others. Developed and implemented at the initiative of the Bulat Utemuratov Foundation, the project is now being transferred to the management of the country’s largest certified organizations so that […]

16.07.2025

Jas Leader Akademiiasy

In 2021, the Bulat Utemuratov Foundation launched a unique project, Jas Leader Akademiiasy, aimed at developing leadership skills among schoolchildren in grades 5–11. The Jas Leader Akademiiasy program is an opportunity for children to gain additional knowledge and skills that in the future will help them be competitive, take responsibility for themselves, others, and their […]

06.02.2025

Bulat Utemuratov Foundation summarizes results of the year: new airport, schools, help for flood victims

Over the course of its 10-year history, the Foundation has invested more than KZT 98.4 billion in charitable projects in Kazakhstan.

10.12.2024

“When I grow up, I will be a President”. School students in Kazakhstan have been trained in leadership

More than 500 school students from Turkestan, Zhambyl, Kyzylorda Regions, as well as from Shymkent and Astana were brought together in the summer forum.

19.07.2024
03.06.2024

150 teachers from Kyzylorda and Zhambyl regions have been trained under the Jas Leader Akademiiasy program

Bulat Utemuratov Foundation implements the Jas Leader Akademiiasy program, a new stage of which starts in Kyzylorda and Zhambyl regions. In each region, 75 teachers from 25 schools will receive methodological training to help develop the leadership skills of students in grades 5-11. The children will be taught in–demand skills that are not taught at school – these are communication skills, speaking to an audience, planning and time management, self-presentation and self-confidence development.

15.08.2022

About 450 graduates of Jas Leader Akademiiasy Program participated in the Forum in Almaty

The Jas Leader Akademiiasy Program was launched by Bulat Utemuratov Foundation in 2021 in 50 schools of the Turkestan Region and the city of Shymkent. Approximately 12.5 thousand students of 5-11 grades studied critical thinking, teamwork, public speaking, and argumentative expression throughout the school year. 450 students, who demonstrated high activity and motivation, became participants of the first Jas Leader Forum in Almaty, which was held in two streams and ended on July 17.

18.07.2022

500 school pupils from Shymkent and Turkestan will gather in Almaty for the first Young Leaders Forum

The Young Leaders Forum will be held in Almaty in the first half of July and will become a platform for summing up the results of the first year of the Jas Leader Akademiiasy project launched by the Bulat Utemuratov’s Foundation. 500 best pupils of comprehensive schools who have made significant progress in the development of social and communication skills over the year will participate in the Forum.

02.06.2022

School greenhouses and construction of a new airport terminal: The Bulat Utemuratov’s Foundation summed up the year’s results

In 2021, the Bulat Utemuratov’s Foundation allocated 3 billion Tenge for projects in the field of healthcare, education, culture and support for those in need.

08.12.2021

Jas Leader Akademiiasy teacher training program started in Turkestan

The Bulat Utemuratov Foundation has launched the Jas Leader Akademiiasy program in Turkestan, the spiritual capital of the Turkic world. The goal of the program is to support and develop leadership skills among students in grades 5-11. Children will be taught skills that are in demand, which are not taught in school – communication skills, speaking in front of an audience, planning and time management, self-presentation and development of self-confidence.

28.07.2021