Policy Enactment of Trilingual Education in Kazakhstan: A Case Study of One NIS School

Abstract

Currently national Trilingual Education Policy (TLP) is one of the most important topics in the Kazakhstani educational system, and all Kazakhstani schools are involved in its implementation. However, despite the national mandate for trilingual education in schools, at this stage of policy formulation, there is a lack of clear and explicit regulations or guidelines for implementing the policy in schools. This current lack necessitates that schools interpret what they think trilingual policy means for their context. One national policy response was the establishment of Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools (NIS) as a model platform for innovation that can later be transferred to Kazakhstani mainstream schools, TLP being one important innovation...