Analysis of normative legal acts: qualitative and quantitative characteristics of the content of strategically important documents in the field of quality assurance of higher and postgraduate education in Kazakhstan

Abstract

Higher education plays an important role in society by creating new knowledge, passing it on
to students and promoting innovation. The new paradigm of higher education, based on the Bologna views, necessitates the restructuring of the quality of higher education with the participation of all stakeholders
(internal and external). In this article, the authors present an analysis of normative legal documents of the
established form, adopted at a republican referendum or by an authorized body, establishing the norms
of law, changing, supplementing, terminating or suspending their effect. These documents reflect the
existing system of higher and postgraduate education in Kazakhstan in terms of ensuring its quality. In
total, 11 documents in the field of quality assurance of higher and postgraduate education were analyzed.
The analysis of these normative legal acts indicates the orientation of the Kazakh system of higher and
postgraduate education to ensure the quality of services provided, to form a culture of quality in accordance
with international standards. All the changes made to the documents reflect the consistency and consistency
of the introduced innovations in the activities of organizations of higher and postgraduate education, aimed
at increasing the requirements for the quality of higher education. At the same time, the direction of the
changes indicates the implementation of the global principles of humanism and democracy. The analysis of
documents in the field of quality assurance of higher and postgraduate education indicates that in connection
with the entry into the Bologna process, Kazakhstan’s higher and postgraduate education strictly follows
international agreements. In particular, in ensuring the quality of higher education, the authorized body
and Kazakhstani universities are guided by Standards and Recommendations for Ensuring the Quality of
Higher Education in the European Higher Education Area (ESG).