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The state youth policy is a complex system of the measures which are carried out by the state to support the youth. Education is considered as the direction of this activity of the state, which has the top priority in terms of its importance and efficiency. Thanks to its continuous improvement, the development of youth as a strategic resource of society is possible. In the «Kazakhstan-2050» strategy, the youth is justly called the engine of a new political and economic course of development of the Kazakhstan state. In the article, there is described the usage of internal and external resources of Kazakhstan in the educational sphere, the defining role in this process of the President of Kazakhstan, the Leader of the nation N. A. Nazarbayev is indicated. It is emphasized that the solution of many social problems of youth is connected with education. The necessity of increasing the prestige of technical specialties is emphasized. A special attention is paid to training of talented young people abroad, first of all, within the international presidential Bolashak program. The new Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan «On the state youth policy» is aimed at providing young people with affordable and quality education, development of scientific-technical potential. Implementation of the «Bolashak» program promotes the development of international cooperation of young people, the state as a whole. At present, more than 2 thousand grant-holders study in 30 countries of the world. One in two of more than 7 thousand graduates of the program works in Kazakhstan companies, both in private ones and with the state participation. One fourth work in the state offices and organizations, 20% are managers of domestic companies. Some Bolashak graduates have obtained positions in international organizations and non-governmental sector. Among the people trained by this program are specialists in the sphere of innovation technology, metallurgy, telecommunication, energy, oil-gas sector, in the field of medicine, state government. Almost 1,000 graduates work in universities of the country, about 400, in schools and colleges, 52, in the pedagogical staff and administration of the Nazarbaev intellectual schools. Around 300 people are researchers at the Nazarbaev University, 77 have PhD.