Digital Kazakhstan 2020

The state program of development and functioning of languages in the Republic of Kazakhstan for 2011-2020 provides maintaining the harmonious language policy providing full-scale functioning of state language as the major factor of national unity strengthening at preservation of languages of all ethnoses, living in Kazakhstan. 

Key indicators:
•    increase of the share of adult population that speaks the state language according to "Kaztest" results to 20 % by 2014, to 80 % by 2017, to 95 % by 2020;
•    increase of the share of school graduates speaking the state language at В1 level to 70 % by 2017, to 100 % by 2020;
•    increase of the share of the Kazakh language content in state-owned mass media to 53 % by 2014, to 60 % by 2017, to 70 % by 2020;
•    increase of the population’s satisfaction with the activities of onomastic commissions regarding observance of principles of transparency and public access to discussion of decision-making process to 60 % by 2014, to 75 % by 2017, to 90 % by 2020;
•    increase of the share of arranged terminological fund of the Kazakh language to 20 % by 2014, to 60 % by 2017, to 100 % by 2020;
•    increase of the share of the country’s adult population speaking the Russian language to 90 % by 2020;
•    increase of the share of ethnic groups embraced by native languages courses in the national-cultural associations to 60 % by 2014, to 80 % by 2017, to 90 % by 2020;
•    increase of the share of the country’s population speaking English to 10 % by 2014, to 15 % by 2017, to 20 % by 2020;
•    increase of the share of population speaking three languages (Kazakh, Russian and English) to 10 % by 2014, to 12 % by 2017, to 15 % by 2020.