Education in Kazakhstan

Education in Kazakhstan The education system in Kazakhstan is conducted in 2 languages. Kazakh and Russian. It consists of several levels. First level infant school. Second level elementary or primary schools, third level is comprehensive schools, fourth level high school - colleges and academies. Children go to school at the age of 7 and finish at 17. The first stage of education in Kazakhstan is elementary or primary school for grades one. Compulsory education begins in our country at the age of 7, when children go to primary school. Among secondary schools gymnasiums ,colleges and lyceums. Among higher educational institutions universities, institutes, academies. To enter a higher education young people will pass entrance testing , it calls Common National Testing.