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EDUCATIONAL STRATEGIES OF KAZAKHSTAN YOUTH: DOES SOCIAL INEQUALITY MATTER?
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Modern society is characterized by a common desire to pursue higher education after school. This is defined as a measure of democracy. Is it truly so? Do all school graduates must pursue higher education? Perhaps this universal movement determines the life plans of a school graduate and pushes him\her to choose what is approved and give up on what is interesting and where he or she could achieve certain success. In this article, we would like to focus on the overall concept, which was adopted by society and has changed, is changing and will be subject to future changes. This is the concept of "equal educational opportunities". What are its role, importance, and essence? How to evaluate the importance of higher education for the Kazakh youth? In this article, certain results of a study conducted by the authors from November 2014 to February 2015 in Almaty on the basis of the Center for Sociological Research and Social Engineering to determine the educational and professional strategies of Kazakhstan's youth are presented. The research involved 571 respondents. Also, the results of other sociological research for comparison are presented. During the survey preparation, multistage sampling was used, where the necessary criteria are socio-demographic characteristics (gender, age, nationality), the region and the direction of specialization. Summarizing the findings, it may be noted that among the Kazakh youth there is a high level of understanding of the need of higher education, awareness of the importance of professional knowledge to achieve future professional success and career growth. Educational strategies and success of young people can not only be reduced to the influence of, but also determined by the whole system of interconnected external and internal factors.
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