Kazakhstan to spend KZT 900 bln for education this year - Minister
14:13, 11 May 2011
ASTANA. May 11. KAZINFORM /Damir Baimanov/ Kazakhstan will spend KZT 900 bln for the education sphere this year. Minister of Education and Science Bakytzhan Zhumagulov has announced it at the I Congress of Kazakhstan's Mathematics Teachers.
"National budget expenditures for education amount to almost about 900 bln in 2011 and make 4.2 percent of the country's GDP. We get closer to the standards recommended by the UNESCO - 5-6 percent of the GDP of the country," B.Zhumagulov said.
The Minister reminded that according to the UNESCO Education For All Development Index Kazakhstan is in the top 4 among 129 countries during 3 years.