On the territory of the former Akmola Region, Tselinograd Region was established. The Tselinograd Institute for the Improvement of Teachers began its activities with its former functions. In 1994, the Institute became one of the first centers for the implementation of computer-based learning technologies in the CIS. In 1987, the Institute was awarded the rotating Red Banner following the results of the All-Union Socialist Competition. In 1991, the Institute’s experience was exhibited at the VDNKh of the USSR and was awarded a Silver Medal

The structure of the Akmola Regional Institute for Advanced Training and Retraining of Education Workers included five departments: management; pedagogy and psychology; teaching methodologies for humanities and natural sciences; content and methodology of teaching subjects in schools with Kazakh as the language of instruction; primary education and preschool education. The Institute also included a vocational education office, an editorial and publishing department, a library, a laboratory for issues of 12-year education, a department for work with gifted children, and an information and methodological office. A branch of the Institute operated in Astana at the Eurasian Humanitarian Institute