Biography

Askar Islyamov was born on March 4, 1928, in Semey region, Aksuat district, in the Kyzylkesik sovkhoz, in the family of Zhumagululy Silama. During the famine and forced relocations (1932), his father moved to the Akzhar region; his mother died in the same year. In 1933–1938, Askar was raised in the boarding school of the orphanage in Akzhar. After his father's death (1940), he lived with relatives. When he was in the 6th grade, the war began, and in the difficult years of 1942, having a 7th-grade education, he was forced to leave his studies and start working in his native village from the age of 13.

He gained his first teaching experience at the Zhangyztal seven-year school. Since 1952, he worked in Akzhar at the first secondary school of the district — the secondary school named after Abai (which at that time was called the "university of the district"): as a teacher, deputy for educational work; on a voluntary basis, he participated in the activities of the party organization and was later the secretary of the party bureau. Over 18 years of work, he became the initiator and organizer of the first multi-day local history excursions in the district (7–12 days) and participation in the first regional rally of local historians.

From 1970 to 1995, until his retirement, he worked as the director of the secondary school named after Lenin in the Zhetiaral sovkhoz; upon retirement, he left the school by personal written application. Over 25 years of leadership, the school became one of the centers for disseminating advanced pedagogical experience: the material and technical base was strengthened, it was one of the first to switch to the cabinet system, foreign languages were taught in language laboratories; regional forums of educators were repeatedly held here. The experience of the Islyamov pedagogical dynasty became widely known.

For 25 years, he was a freelance lecturer of the district party committee, noted with the diploma "Үздік лектор" (Best Lecturer) of the regional party committee and was repeatedly awarded honorary certificates. For more than 20 years, he was elected a deputy of the village council, was a delegate to district and regional party conferences. Among the recognitions are also participation in the Exhibition of Achievements of the National Economy of the USSR (VDNKh) and the status of a diploma winner of the Peace Fund Board. In the last years of his life, he headed the council of elders in the village of Molodezhny (Ulan district), continuing to serve society and the cause of youth upbringing.