Analysis of the state of higher education system in Kazakhstan

Abstract

The system of higher education in Kazakhstan has undergone major reforms over the past thirty years. The external environment of higher education institutions has changed radically. Kazakhstani universities are gradually adapting to these conditions. One of the main problems in these processes is an issue of combining market and state regulators in the field of higher education. Significant influence over the universities of Kazakhstan provides a general condition of higher education system of Kazakhstan, the analysis of which showed considerable changes in it, and revealed some achievements and complexities. These achievements include: the fact that Kazakhstan is a participant in the main international documents in the field of higher education; government funding for the education sector is increasing; state program documents that universities can rely on when drawing up strategic plans are developing; a large coverage of the population with higher education is observed, postgraduate education is developing; both quantitative and qualitative components of the activity of universities are being analyzed. It can be identified the lack of funding for education, compared with developed countries, reduction in the number of higher education institutions, outdated material and technical base and equipment, recruitment and training, without consideration of the needs of the modern labor market, underdevelopment of mechanisms of interaction between science, industry and business with the highest education al institutions, as well as others. In these conditions, universities need to consider both positive and negative trends in the system of higher education of Kazakhstan and build strategies for their development considering their impact.