826 Bolashak scholarship holders to graduate this year - Education Ministry

ASTANA. August 14. KAZINFORM. /Serik Sabekov/ "This year the number of Bolashak scholarship graduates will be the biggest in history of the program", official representative of Kazakh Education and Science Ministry Serik Irsaliyev has announced at a briefing today.

"826 Bolashak graduates are expected to return from abroad. In whole, about 2,884 scholarship holders studied in 21 countries of the world last year", he noted.

According to him, the most popular educational institutions among Kazakhstani youth still remain universities of Britain (29% of students), the USA (28%) and Russia (14%). This year Canada competes with Russia for the third place.