“The era of education has come to Kazakhstan”: Country is Building Schools for Almost One Million Students

The baby boom, migration and deterioration of old buildings have led to the fact that most schools in Kazakhstan have started to work in two and some in three shifts. In 2022, the government predicted that if active construction did not begin, the country would be short of more than a million school places in four years’ time. The state first attracted private business to school construction and then launched the largest programme in its history to build new schools at a cost of KZT 2.5 trillion (over USD 5 billion). EdDesign Mag tells why such decisive measures were necessary, who builds Kazakhstan schools and whether this sphere can be called a gold mine.