The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. Less than two years after independence, Kazakhstan made a bet that education could not wait for the economy and institutions to catch up, it would have to lead them. On Nov. 5, 1993, the government established the Bolashak International Scholarship, sending promising young citizens to top universities abroad to become specialists in a fledgling state… The post Kazakhstan’s 30-Year Education Drive: From Flagsh...