Protector AI at the Republican August Conference of Teachers in Astana
On August 26, the Protector AI team took part in the Republican August Conference of Teachers in Astana — one of the main annual events in Kazakhstan's education sector. Every year the conference brings together teachers, school administrators, representatives of the Ministry of Education, and industry partners to sum up the results of the academic year and set priorities for the next one.
The conference in the context of education reforms
The plenary session addressed issues directly affecting the future of Kazakhstani schools: the shortage of teaching staff, regional disparities in education quality, child support and protection, and the introduction of artificial intelligence into secondary education. Special attention was paid to the digitalization of the sector — modernizing the education database that unites government services and reducing teachers' paperwork.
It is precisely at the intersection of these two topics — the digitalization of education and child safety — that solutions like Protector AI find their place.
What the Protector AI team demonstrated
We presented teachers from across the country with the Protector AI intelligent video analytics system, which helps raise the level of safety in educational institutions. The system analyzes camera footage in real time and detects potentially dangerous situations — aggressive behavior, fights, strangers on school grounds — alerting responsible staff before a situation gets out of control.
For schools, kindergartens, and colleges, this is not a replacement for the existing video surveillance system but an add-on to it: cameras already installed at the facility gain the ability not just to record what's happening, but to notice alarming moments and shorten adults' response time.
Why this matters right now
Protecting children and creating favorable conditions for their development is one of the priorities regularly raised at August conferences and in state policy overall. At the same time, the government is pushing schools and colleges toward more actively adopting artificial intelligence technologies in their everyday work.
Protector AI's video analytics answers both of these demands at once: it uses video surveillance infrastructure that schools are already accustomed to and turns it into a tool for proactive safety, not just an archive of footage for inspections.
This is not just a general trend, but already a fixed task within the state action plan of the Children of Kazakhstan concept.
One of its points is the phased introduction of artificial intelligence technologies into the video surveillance systems of educational organizations to detect signs of violence and bullying against a child and to automatically recognize potentially dangerous individuals on the grounds of educational institutions.
The implementation period is August 2026-2030, with local executive bodies as the responsible executors, and funding provided within the allocated budget.
In essence, this is exactly the technical brief that Protector AI's video analytics already fits today: the system is precisely able to recognize aggressive behavior and potentially dangerous individuals on the grounds of educational institutions in real time.
Takeaways for us
For the Protector AI team, taking part in the Republican August Conference is an opportunity to speak directly with teachers and school administrators, hear their questions and needs firsthand, and show how artificial intelligence technologies are already working for school safety today rather than remaining an abstract idea.
We continue to develop solutions that make the educational environment safer, and we thank the conference organizers for the opportunity to present our technologies to teachers from across the country.