Since January 22 of this year, about 120 teaching staff of Shakarim University and Alikhan Bokeikhan University have completed advanced training courses organized by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the World Bank within the framework of the project "Increasing the potential of teacher education" at Shakarim University. The aim of the course is to increase the areas of pedagogical competence in the context of modernization of education and to deepen the understanding of professional competencies through the development of curricula (syllabuses).