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Kazakhstan strengthens social protection and public welfare

Kazakhstan is steadily building one of Central Asia’s most comprehensive social support systems, combining financial assistance, public services, and digital tools to reach citizens at every stage of life.

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00:02Kazakhstan, a country of more than 20 million people, has built a comprehensive and modern state social support system that
00:09stands out in Central Asia for its scale and digital accessibility.
00:13In this episode of Modern Nomads, we explore how these government support policies work in practice reaching people at every
00:20stage of life.
00:24From the very first moments of life, the state steps in to support families.
00:28Parents receive a one-time birth allowance, followed by monthly child care benefits until the child reaches 18 months.
00:35The amount of support increases with each additional child.
00:39Kazakhstan is a very social state.
00:42We have paid taxes, as we always say, from birth to birth to birth.
00:47From the moment of raising the loan to many-year-old families, the number of many-year-old families increased
00:52in 2,5 times.
00:53If in 2020, 252,000 families received, then on today, on 1 March, 629,000 families received services for many
01:02-year-old families.
01:03Families facing financial hardship can rely on poverty targeted social assistance.
01:08It provides monthly payments to those whose per capita income is below the poverty line.
01:13Since the beginning of the year, about 30,000 families have benefited from the program.
01:17The address of social assistance has two types.
01:20It is a standard form of assistance and a standard form of assistance.
01:23The number of providers of social assistance is about 30,000 families.
01:27There are 163,000 families.
01:31If I compare it to the same period of last year, there is a dynamic increase.
01:36It is about 22%, because last year, on 1 March, 39,000 families were about 210,000 families.
01:45The country continues to prioritize access to quality education for all.
01:50Over 230 new schools are under construction nationwide, expanding capacity for nearly 270,000 students.
01:58Meanwhile, higher education is supported through state grants and funding opportunities.
02:02Today, one in four adults in Kazakhstan holds a university degree.
02:06As in many other countries, schools and higher education in Kazakhstan are free.
02:11But the construction and modernization schools in rural areas are high on the national agenda,
02:16as the government looks to bridge the gap between cities and the countryside.
02:23The important task is to eliminate the imbalance between rural and rural education.
02:29It is one of the priorities of our government policy.
02:32So, since 2022, many projects are implemented in the field of education.
02:38In addition to that, we build new schools, we also do modernization of the buildings.
02:43From 2023 to 2025, there was a modernization of 3,000 schools in rural areas.
02:51The same way, this project continues in the framework of the request of the government to renovate 1,300 schools.
02:57In rural areas, in rural areas, the local authorities have the right to be able to pay for 25%
03:01of the public education.
03:03There are also measures of support for public education in the public education.
03:13Health care is also free for all citizens.
03:16Kazakhstan offers free basic medical care from preventive check-ups and vaccination campaigns
03:21to chronic and rare disease support.
03:23Today we need to say that more than 90% of the population of now is already病ed.
03:28So, all kinds of up to many types of medical care and regional care
03:35and regional care, today are available for every one of the most.
03:37For us, our priority is to be able to access access and access and access to the medical care of
03:42the public education.
03:42First of all, the most important in the case of the public education.
03:44Today, a wide range of the public education, you can see that it is a wide range of the medical
03:48care of the public education.
03:50And the tax package is also continuing to expand.
03:54We received a law from the government in the last year,
03:57which was already received from January 1 of 1926.
04:01Thanks to this law, to these corrections,
04:04today 90% of Kazakhs are being taxed,
04:09and this gives them access to medical help
04:12both in the guaranteed and tax package.
04:15Alongside targeted social assistance,
04:17the government provides a wide range of support for vulnerable groups,
04:21including people with disabilities, the elderly, and low-income citizens.
04:25It includes financial payments, pensions, and subsidies for essential services.
04:30Overall, this reflects a comprehensive social support system in the country.
04:34But what makes this system unique is how digital it is.
04:37Most benefits can be applied for online,
04:40and in many cases e-government platform automatically identifies eligible families,
04:44reducing paperwork and making the process faster and easier.
04:51Join us in the next episode,
04:52where we will tell you more stories shaping the country today.
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