Today, Kazakhstan continues to embark on profound reforms to improve the quality of the education system and is increasingly looking at international standards and best practices. The SPED further develops previously adopted strategies, such as the State Program for Education Development for 2005-10, the State Program for Technical and Vocational Education Development for 2008-12, the Children of Kazakhstan Program for 2007-11, and the Balapan Pre-primary Education Program for 2010-14. Other relevant challenges identified in other education levels relevant for schooling include the little access to pre-primary education, the mismatch between education supply and employers’ demand for qualified vocational and higher education graduates, the lack of a national qualifications system, and the disconnect between the content of school education and the content of higher education. This overall goal has been operationalised in 10 directions and 23 targets.