ALMATY, August 17 – Sputnik. In 2026, 380,000 children will start first grade in Kazakhstan. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Sputnik Kazakhstan.
This year, the number of first-graders in Astana will be higher than in Almaty. It is worth noting that the population of the capital is at least 600,000 less than in Almaty: Almaty has over 2.3 million people, while Astana has 1.6 million.
Among the regions, Turkistan region leads in the number of first-graders.