Reforming of System of the Higher Education in Kazakhstan (Based on Results of Sociological Research)

Actuality and value of education is difficult to overestimate in modern society. Transformations in higher education system of Kazakhstan aim at adapting the educational system to new socio-economic terms and calls of time. This article studies the results of the sociological research conducted within the framework of the project “The Kazakhstani model of education: international experience, national traditions” (2011) conducted with the support of the Public Fund of the First President of Kazakhstan to find out attitudes of young scientists and students towards transformations in the educational system of Kazakhstan.