State Program of Education Development

1. The structure of education has been brought in line with the International Standard Classification of Education.

2. The President of Kazakhstan also set the task of joining the republic among the 50 most competitive countries in the world.

3. A three-level training of specialists has been introduced: bachelor - master - doctor Ph. D.

3.1. The academic freedom of universities in determining the content of curricula has been expanded: the optional component has been increased - in bachelor's degree from 40% to 50%, master's degree - from 50% to 60% and in doctoral studies - from 70% to 80%.

3.2. More than 20 thousand Kazakh students are studying abroad.

4. Improving the education system plays an important role in achieving this goal.

5. high results in the international study TIMSS - 2007

6. entry into the European educational space

7. implementation of the international scholarship of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan "Bolashak", which gives the opportunity for gifted young Kazakhstanis to get education in the best universities in the world.

7.1. About 3000 scholars of the international scholarship of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan "Bolashak" study in 27 countries of the world

8. increase in the network of facilities for preschool and secondary education

9. The material base of educational organizations is being strengthened.

10. A national system for assessing the quality of education has been created, which includes elements of independent external assessment (licensing, attestation, accreditation, rating, unified national testing), intermediate state control, comprehensive testing of applicants and others).

11. A network of specialized schools for gifted children with instruction in 3 languages has been created. Currently, there are 33 trilingual schools in the republic.