The purpose of the educational process is the comprehensive harmonious development of students:

• education of positive personality traits;

• development of an active life position;

• ability for self-improvement, self-education, self-control;

• fostering self-esteem;

• development of moral and spiritual dignity;

• development of a physically healthy person;

• culture of behavior;

• ecological culture.

The tasks of the educational process are:

• cultivation of patriotism in the unity of ethical norms and aesthetic values, respect for the laws of the country and civil rights of the individual;

• formation of a picture of the world outlook in the student's mind;

• philosophical and ideological orientation of students in understanding the meaning of life, their uniqueness and value;

• familiarizing with  the system of cultural values expressing the wealth of universal and national culture, the formation of a personal attitude towards them;

• assimilation of universal human norms (truth, justice, goodness, beauty, mutual understanding, sympathy, mercy, etc.), following them in life and cultivating intelligence as a significant personal quality;

• cultivating attitudes towards work as socially and personally significant needs;

• development of ideas about a healthy lifestyle.

Educational work at the department is carried out in accordance with the plan of the Educational work of the faculty and Toraighyrov University.

Students of all courses systematically participated in various events held at the university: sports competitions, the Miss TOU beauty contest, essay competition, initiation into the faculty students, a football tournament for the rector’s cup, flash mob, debates, etc.

For the 2023-2024 academic year, students of the Department of Biology and Ecology participated:
- in volunteer work with the Zhasyl El construction team, environmental actions and clean-up days;
- in the conference: scientific and practical conferences "Toraigyrov readings", "Satpayev readings";
-in the training on the topic: "Tobacco smoking", based on the Center for the Development of Youth Initiatives;
-in smartLAB for students within the framework of the Educational intensive "Ecosystem of student entrepreneurship" on the basis of the NAO "Toraigyrov University".

Students of the department of 1-4 courses in all specialties took advanced training courses in the educational platform "Coursera".

4th year students participated in Job Fairs organized by the Career Center of NAO "Toraigyrov University".

Curators of academic groups conducted curatorial hours on the following topics:
- "Constitution Day of the Republic of Kazakhstan";
- "Independence Day of the Republic of Kazakhstan";
- "It is our civic duty to speak the state language";
- "Time zone change in Kazakhstan";
- "On state symbols", etc.

Toraighyrov University hosted a large-scale anti-corruption campaign "Clean Session", organized by the Compliance Service, the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The main goal of the "Clean Action" campaign is the formation of legal consciousness and active citizenship of students, intolerance to manifestations of violations of anti-corruption legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The event was attended by all students of the Department of Biology and Ecology.

During the campaign, agitation work was carried out against corruption. So in all the buildings of the university were installed "Boxes of confidence" for comments and suggestions of students. In addition, a survey of students was conducted for satisfaction with the quality of the provision of educational services and examinations, open discussions of problems related to negative facts were organized during the examination session.

- Each student must show intolerance to manifestations of corruption during sessions and seek for justice within the framework of their rights to a quality education. Information and explanatory work on the prevention of corruption is being carried out on an ongoing basis at Toraighyrov University.

The events are carried out in order to ensure the objectivity and transparency of the examination session, prevent corruption, as well as increase the vigilance of students towards violations of the law in an educational institution.

Achievements of students of the Department of Biology and Ecology for the 2023-2024 academic year

In general, students of the department of "Biology and Ecology" are actively involved in the research work of the department.