{"id":40936,"date":"2025-11-24T16:37:52","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T11:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/?post_type=news&#038;p=40936"},"modified":"2025-11-24T16:39:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T11:39:01","slug":"capital-school-students-awarded-scholarships-to-study-at-mnu","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/en\/news\/capital-school-students-awarded-scholarships-to-study-at-mnu\/","title":{"rendered":"Capital School Students Awarded Scholarships to Study at MNU"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong><em>Maqsut Narikbayev University hosted the Datathon, a data analysis competition that brought together students from Grade 9 to 12 across Astana.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Participants focused on identifying the factors that shape life satisfaction. Their English-language projects included literature reviews, data analysis, and the use of econometric methods and machine learning models to determine key drivers and assess their impact. Within a short period, school students mastered the basics of programming, statistics, and research methodology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">A total of <strong>48 applications<\/strong>&nbsp;were submitted, with 8 teams advancing to the finals. The projects were evaluated by representatives of the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan and professors of the International School of Economics at MNU. The competition aimed to enhance data-driven research skills among school students and to promote analytical approaches to studying social and economic phenomena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>The winning team, Banger<\/strong>, represented by <strong>Gleb Vtorushin<\/strong>, <strong>Begim Zhangir<\/strong>, and <strong>Tarlan Aizharikov<\/strong>, was awarded the <strong>Maqsut Narikbayev University Scholarship<\/strong>. Additionally, the team Se7en Media received a special jury prize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Notably, the MNU Datathon has become one of the first events in Kazakhstan designed specifically for a school-age audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"40931\" src=\"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/dsc04140-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40931\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/dsc04140-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/dsc04140-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/dsc04140-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/dsc04140-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/dsc04140-2048x1365.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"40925\" src=\"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/dsc04169-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40925\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/dsc04169-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/dsc04169-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/dsc04169-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/dsc04169-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/dsc04169-2048x1365.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"40928\" src=\"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/dsc04243-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/dsc04243-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/dsc04243-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/dsc04243-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/dsc04243-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/dsc04243-2048x1365.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":40924,"template":"","news-cat":[66],"news_tag":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Capital School Students Awarded Scholarships to Study at MNU - MNU<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/en\/news\/capital-school-students-awarded-scholarships-to-study-at-mnu\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Capital School Students Awarded Scholarships to Study at MNU - MNU\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Maqsut Narikbayev University hosted the Datathon, a data analysis competition that brought together students from Grade 9 to 12 across Astana. 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