Astana: The Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan School opens today (Wednesday) in the Kazakh capital, Astana, for the purpose of supporting the educational process in the Kazakhstan.
An opening ceremony will be held under the patronage of Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan, who will open the school in recognition of the distinguished relations between the UAE and Kazakhstan.
Covering 37,000 square metres with a built-up area of 14,300 square metres, the school will accommodate 1,200 students at the primary, preparatory and secondary levels. The school has the latest equipment and modern scientific requirements.
A delegation from the Khalifa Bin Zayed Humanitarian Foundation (KBZHF) visited the school on Tuesday to inquire about final preparations before the school’s inauguration. The delegation also met authorities working on the project and discussed final preparations and the inauguration ceremony programme.
The project was implemented in line with the directives of President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan and His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and the follow-up of Shaikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs and Chairman of KBZHF.
