On April 29, 2016 it was summed up the essay contest "What does it mean to be a patriot?" devoted to the Independence of Kazakhstan at M. Kozybayev NKSU.
An organizer of the contest was "Assembly of People of Kazakhstan" department of M. Kozybayev North Kazakhstan state university. A joint organizer was the branch "Bolashak" of the party "Nur Otan".
19 essays were presented the jury for the consideration, 9 of them - in Kazakh, 10 - in Russian.
The jury members awarded the diplomas considering the works of participants as follows:
I place:
II place:
III place: