ASTANA. August 10. KAZINFORM – The Kazakh Ministry of Education and Science and KazMunaiGaz JSC concluded an agreement on cooperation in the field of professional education and personnel training for oil and gas branch. The document was signed by the Education and Science Minister Zhenseit Tuimebayev and President of the National Company KazMunaiGaz Uzakbai Karabalin; the Ministry’s press service reports. The agreement provides with the directions of cooperation and obligations of both sides in the field of professional education and personnel training for oil and gas branch. The Ministry is obliged to improve national educational standards, curriculum and educational programs in accordance with the requirements to the qualification of oil and gas specialists, organize professional training courses. The company should support the attraction of highly knowledgeable specialists for the work in the quality of teachers; provide opportunities for the students to be in practical training at the enterprises of KazMunaiGaz JSC and etc. The contract was worked out with the purpose of further implementation of the Kazakh President’s decree On further measures on realization of the Strategy on Kazakhstan’s Development by 2030 as of April 2007.