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Kazakhstan Wins Coursera Award for Digital Transformation of Higher Education

By Dana Omirgazy in International on 11 November 2026

ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Science and Higher Education has received the Coursera Learning Excellence Award 2026 for integrating international online education into the national higher education system and expanding digital and artificial intelligence (AI) skills development. The award was presented at the London FWD event, which brought together education technology …

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