The Republican methodological journal "Bastausysh mektepte oqytu. Education in primary school" has been published since 2007 and is continuously developing, following the challenges of the time and new tasks of primary education. 40th anniversary of the specialty The entire issue of the journal (July-September, No. 3 (128), 2024) is dedicated to “Pedagogy and Methodology of Primary Education”. The anniversary issue contains articles by teachers: the formation and development of the Department of Pedagogy and Methodology of Primary Education; research, methodological and educationalDepartment activities; work with students under the state program "Serpin";realization of students' abilitiesVresearchwork;training of primary school teachers in the higher education system; activities of the department branch at the Karaganda State University “School-Lyceum No. 66”, etc. The publications of master's and doctoral students of the educational programs "7M01301, 8D01301 - Pedagogy and Methodology of Primary Education" present the results of theoretical and applied research on the problems of primary education. We thank the reviewers and members of the editorial board for their assistance in preparing the anniversary issue of the journal ""Bastausysh mektepte oqytu. Teaching in primary school".