Article 59. State control in the education system The Law on Education
1. State control in the education system is aimed at ensuring the right to education by the state and compliance by legal entities, as well as individual entrepreneurs without forming a legal entity, implementing general education educational and educational programs, with the compliance of their educational activities and the activities of the educational authorities of the region, the city of republican significance, the capital, the district (city of regional significance) with the requirements of the legislation of the Republic Kazakhstan and is carried out by the authorized body in the field of education, his department and the territorial divisions of the department, local executive bodies within their competence.
Internal control carried out by the educational management bodies of the region, the city of republican significance, the capital over the execution by its structural, subordinate state bodies and organizations, officials of decisions taken by the state body, as well as the requirements of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, is carried out in accordance with the Administrative Procedural Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
2. The objects of state control in the education system are:
1) educational activities of legal entities and individual entrepreneurs who implement general educational and educational programs;
2) the level of mastering by students of the relevant general education educational and educational programs;
2-1) assessment of the learning outcomes of pupils and students;
3) the activities of the educational authorities of regions, cities of republican significance, the capital, districts (cities of regional significance).
3. State control in the education system is carried out in the form of inspection, preventive control with a visit to the subject (object) of control.
Inspection and preventive control with a visit to the subject (object) of control are carried out in accordance with the Business Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Preventive control without visiting the subject (object) of control is carried out in accordance with the Business Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan and this Law. -Excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated December 4, 2025 No. 236-VIII SAM
4. State certification is carried out through preventive control, regardless of the forms of ownership and departmental subordination, once every five years by the department of the authorized body in the field of education and its territorial divisions, the department of the authorized body in the field of science and higher education in accordance with the Entrepreneurial Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan, this Law. -Excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated December 4, 2025 No. 236-VIII SAM
The state certification of educational organizations implementing educational programs of technical and vocational, post-secondary education in the field of healthcare is carried out by the authorized body in the field of healthcare in accordance with the Business Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan, this Law.
The state certification of the Academy of Justice is carried out by the Supreme Judicial Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan in accordance with the Business Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan and this Law.
For educational organizations that implement educational programs for technical and vocational, post-secondary education, as well as higher and postgraduate education at the Academy of Justice, military, and special educational institutions, state certification is carried out in specialties or areas of training.
Officials of the department of the authorized body in the field of education, its territorial divisions, the department of the authorized body in the field of science and higher education, the authorized body in the field of healthcare and the Supreme Judicial Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan have the right to involve specialists, consultants and experts of state bodies and subordinate organizations when conducting state certification.
The composition of the commission for state attestation is formed from among officials, specialists of authorized bodies in the field of education, science and higher education, healthcare and the Supreme Judicial Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan, local executive bodies and consultants, experts corresponding to the standard qualification characteristics of teacher positions.
According to the results of the state attestation, one of the following conclusions is issued::
1) certified if the educational activities of the educational organization fully comply with the requirements of the state mandatory standards of education;
2) is not certified if the educational activity of the educational organization does not meet the requirements of the state mandatory standards of education.
The first state certification is carried out in newly created:
1) educational organizations that implement general educational programs of preschool education and training, after three years;
2) educational organizations that implement general educational programs of primary, basic secondary, and general secondary education, after four years;
3) educational organizations that implement educational programs for technical and vocational, post-secondary, higher and postgraduate education in military and special educational institutions, no later than the year of the first graduation of specialists.
4-1. Educational organizations annually conduct a self-assessment of educational activities and submit self-assessment materials to the department of the authorized body in the field of education, its territorial divisions, the department of the authorized body in the field of science and higher education, the authorized body in the field of healthcare and the Supreme Judicial Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan. -Excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated December 4, 2025 No. 236-VIII SAM
5. Excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 05/24/2018 No. 156-VI (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication). 6. Excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 24.10.2011 No. 487-IV (effective after ten calendar days after its first official publication). 7. Excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 24.10.2011 No. 487-IV (effective after ten calendar days after its first official publication). 8. Excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 08.01.2021 No. 410-VI (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication). 8-1. Excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 08.01.2021 No. 410-VI (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication). 8-2. Excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 08.01.2021 No. 410-VI (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication). 8-3. Excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 04/06/2024 No. 71-VIII (effective sixty calendar days after the date of its first official publication). 8-4. Excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 04/06/2024 No. 71-VIII (effective sixty calendar days after the date of its first official publication).
8-5. The objectives of preventive monitoring without visiting the subject (object) of control are to prevent and prevent subjects (objects) of control from violating the requirements of the state mandatory standard of education. -Excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated December 4, 2025 No. 236-VIII SAM
8-6. Preventive control without visiting the subject (object) of control is carried out by analyzing, studying and comparing data: -Excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated December 4, 2025 No. 236-VIII SAM
1) self-assessment materials of educational activities posted on the official Internet resources of educational organizations;
2) the object of informatization in the field of education;
3) information from organizations and authorized government agencies.
8-7. The list of educational organizations subject to preventive control without visiting the subject (object) of control is approved by the department of the authorized body in the field of education, its territorial divisions, the department of the authorized body in the field of science and higher education, the authorized body in the field of healthcare and the Supreme Judicial Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan within their competence, and is also posted on the official websitethe resource of the state body and the Supreme Judicial Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan. -Excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated December 4, 2025 No. 236-VIII SAM
8-8. Preventive control without visiting the subject (object) of control is carried out within no more than seven working days. If a violation is detected, the procedure for its elimination is explained to the subject of control. -Excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated December 4, 2025 No. 236-VIII SAM
8-9. The end of the period of preventive control without visiting the subject (object) of control is considered to be the day when the conclusion is handed over to the subject of control no later than the deadline specified in the legal act of the department of the authorized body in the field of education, its territorial divisions, the department of the authorized body in the field of science and higher education, the authorized body in the field of healthcare and the Supreme Judicial Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan within the limits of their competencies. -Excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated December 4, 2025 No. 236-VIII SAM
8-10. The conclusion should be sent to the subject (object) of control in one of the following ways:: -Excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated December 4, 2025 No. 236-VIII SAM
1) by registered mail;
2) electronically – with the date of sending to the e-mail address of the subject (object) of control indicated in the self-assessment materials or on the official Internet resource of the educational organization. The sent conclusion confirms the fact of sending and is considered handed over to the subject (object) of control.
8-11. The subject (object) of control over violations specified in the conclusion, no later than five working days from the day following the day of its delivery, provides information on measures to eliminate violations, indicating a period of no more than one year, which are agreed with the department of the authorized body in the field of education, its territorial divisions, the department of the authorized body. in the field of science and higher education, the authorized body in the field of healthcare and the Supreme Judicial Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan within their competence. -Excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated December 4, 2025 No. 236-VIII SAM
8-12. Upon expiration of the period for eliminating violations, the subject (object) of control is obliged to submit a report on the elimination of violations to the department of the authorized body in the field of education, its territorial divisions, the department of the authorized body in the field of science and higher education, the authorized body in the field of healthcare and the Supreme Judicial Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan within their competence. -Excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated December 4, 2025 No. 236-VIII SAM
8-13. Based on the report of the subject (object) of control, the department of the authorized body in the field of education, its territorial divisions, the department of the authorized body in the field of science and higher education, the authorized body in the field of healthcare and the Supreme Judicial Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan, within the limits of their competence, shall issue a second opinion within five working days. -Excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated December 4, 2025 No. 236-VIII SAM
In case of non-elimination of violations or failure to submit a report within the prescribed period, the educational organization is considered to be untested, which is the basis for conducting preventive control with a visit to the subject (object) of control.
9. - 10. Excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 17.07.2009 N 188 (for the procedure of entry into force, see art.2).
11. International and foreign educational organizations and their branches established in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan are checked in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
12. - 16. Excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 17.07.2009 N 188 (for the procedure of entry into force, see art.2).
The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated July 27, 2007 No. 319-III.
This Law regulates public relations in the field of education, defines the basic principles of state policy in this field and is aimed at ensuring the constitutional right of citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as foreigners and stateless persons permanently residing in the Republic of Kazakhstan, to education.
President
Republic of Kazakhstan
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