On 16-17 March, 2017 on the basis of E. A. Buketov Karaganda State University teams "Alatau" and "Iskra" of the Institute of Arts, Culture and Sports of Аbai KazNPU participated in the IX Republican subject Olympiad among students of higher educational institutions of the specialty "5B010700 - Fine Arts and Drawing".

Participants of the Olympiad "Iskra" team (Russian department) - 3rd year course students of the specialty "5B010700 - Fine Arts and Drawing" Meruet Toktarova and Dina Rgaibayeva took the Prize-winning place in the overall team competition, received the 1st degree diploma. Scientific adviser of students - candidate of pedagogical sciences, associate professor Zhanerke N. Shaygozova.