STATE POLICY ON THE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF EDUCATION IN KAZAKHSTAN IN A PANDEMIC

Abstract

Digitalization is the introduction of digital technologies in various areas of life, directly in the field of education, digitalization involves the use of digital technologies, electronic learning systems, and the transfer of the educational process to a digital format.

  The digitalization of the educational sphere in Kazakhstan began relatively recently, but the global pandemic and the associated transition to distance education have significantly accelerated the process of digital transformation of the education system. The article provides an analysis of the problems that Kazakhstani education had to face in the transition to online learning, and emergency measures taken by the state and the business environment to solve them. Based on the materials of in-depth interviews with experts in the educational field, an analysis was made of the impact of the pandemic on the process of digital transformation of the educational sector and the prospects for the development of education in the changed conditions, and key areas for further improving the quality of digital education were identified. The modern world cannot be imagined without the Internet and digital devices; digitalization is a global trend that covers all areas of life and is gaining momentum from year to year.

  The process of digitalization in the educational sphere was launched in the country even before the start of the pandemic, and the global crisis associated with the spread of Covid-19 significantly accelerated this process due to the urgent transition of education to an online format. At the same time, problems were identified that the Kazakh education system faced and that required urgent solutions.

The purpose of this article is to study the impact of the pandemic on the process of digital transformation of Kazakhstani education and to analyze the state policy of digitalization of education in the Republic of Kazakhstan in the context of global challenges.

  The problem of the policy of digital transformation of education in Kazakhstan in this article is considered as relevant and requiring study. In the modern world, digitalization forms the basis of the economic, political, social, scientific well-being of the country, therefore, the digitalization of education is one of the priorities in the development of each country.