Kazakhstani School Education Development from the 1930s: History and Current Trends

This article analyzes the development of school education in Kazakhstan focusing on its two periods – the Soviet period (when Kazakhstan was a part of the USSR) and the post-Soviet period that started after the fall of the Soviet Union. The analysis includes the main goals, features, strengths and weaknesses of school education of each period. The stages of the development of school education within each period are described on the basis of legislation development focusing on the economic political and demographic contexts as the driving forces of the education reforms.