Kazakhstan’s 30-Year Education Drive: From Flagship Excellence to Nationwide Reach

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Less than two years after independence, Kazakhstan made a bet that education could not wait for the economy and institutions to catch up, it would have to lead them. On Nov. 5, 1993, the government established the Bolashak International Scholarship, sending promising young citizens to top universities abroad to become specialists in a fledgling state…

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