Study finds that AI Could increases Kazakh workforce’s productivity

The Ministry of Science and Higher Education and the international analytical agency Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) have carried out a joint study. It showed that AI significantly enhances workforce productivity in Kazakhstan without mass job losses. It means that AI does not threaten employment but augments human labor and improves its efficiency, as
Minister of Science and Higher Education Sayasat Nurbek emphasized.
As a result, a phased action plan to modernize Kazakhstan’s higher education system is being developed by the ministry. They will integrate AI-related skills into all educational programs starting in 2025. Nowadays, 95 universities all over the country already have AI disciplines in their curricula.
President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has already given a directive to establish an Artificial Intelligence University. Specialists in interdisciplinary fields aligned with industry demand will study in the new institution and conduct applied research there. The new University will be included into the Alem.ai ecosystem. It will also collaborate with leading global universities and tech companies.
So, a national goal that Tokayev declared is the transformation of Kazakhstan into a digital nation within three years. The President designated 2026 as the Year of Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence Development in his New Year’s address.
As Tokayev said, Kazakhstan has a strong foundation, built on progress in digital public services, fintech, and several key economic sectors. The country has already launched two national supercomputers, Alem.Cloud and Al-Farabium. Also, Kazakhstan’s IT service exports attained nearly $1 billion in 2025.
Tokayev stated that the advent of artificial intelligence has divided countries into those that live in the future and those that are left behind. So, Kazakhstan should develop digital technologies and artificial intelligence to be in the first group.

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