Kazakhstan is strengthening control over children's summer recreation, reports Todayinfo news agency.
At a meeting of the republican headquarters, Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Culture and Information Aida Balayeva emphasized that this work remains a priority of state policy. “We must ensure safe, high-quality and health-improving children's recreation,” she said.
According to the Ministry of Education, in 2026, various forms of summer recreation are planned to cover about 3.2 million schoolchildren, which is more than 86% of their total number. The campaign will be implemented on the basis of year-round and seasonal centers, as well as over 10 thousand school and out-of-school sites. Special emphasis is placed on meaningful employment of children: up to 97% of schoolchildren will be involved in creative, sports, tourism, intellectual and labor programs.
The department has updated the licensing procedure for children's health centers – now it will be carried out through the e-government portal for a period of 5 years. The Ministry of Health is strengthening sanitary and epidemiological control. The main condition for allowing camps to work is their actual readiness and compliance with all safety requirements.
Special attention is paid to medical support for children. For the first time, methodological recommendations on licensing medical activities in camps, as well as on organizing the work of doctors and nurses, have been developed. New nutrition standards for children's camps are being prepared jointly with specialized structures.
Aida Balayeva noted that summer recreation should not turn into a continuation of school lessons. She also stated the need to strengthen interdepartmental interaction and control over the safety of children, including private camps. The Ministry of Internal Affairs was instructed, together with the Ministry of Education, to check the personnel of children's health organizations.
Following the meeting, Balayeva instructed to strengthen control over nutrition, drinking water and sanitary condition of camps, check the readiness of school sites and eliminate identified deficiencies. In addition, it is recommended to integrate the environmental project “Zhasyl sabaqtar” into recreation programs.
