ASTANA – The Kazakhstan Agency for International Development (KazAID) handed over a training manual to support students at the Baltagulova Vocational Lyceum in Ak-Korgon, the Kyrgyz Republic, in developing in-demand catering skills, the KazAID’s press service reported on Nov. 7.

Representative of KazAID Tlek Tulkibayev and seminar participants from the Kyrgyz Republic Nazokat Abdumutaliyeva and Gulnora Baratova. Photo credit: KazAID
The materials include manuals on culinary arts, sanitary norms, food management, and service to help students deepen their knowledge and enhance skills in catering and hospitality.
With KazAID’s assistance, a multifunctional website was launched for the lyceum, developed by volunteer programmer Abay Sibanbay from the National Volunteer Network. Funded by a KazAID grant, these resources aim to bolster professional education in Central Asia.
Earlier, the KazAID held a professional development seminar on catering for Kyrgyz teachers from the same lyceum.