Effective functioning of an education system is one of the actively discussed topics with regard to social and economic development of a country in the modern world. The study provides an all-round overview of the current state of the education system in the Republic of Kazakhstan and its growth perspectives. It also has outlined managerial and administrative processes taking place in the educational system given the positions of local universities in international rankings. Moreover, the researcher have forwarded the conception of facilitating competitiveness of the Kazakhstan educational system and developed the methodological model for professional training forecasting based on their researcher findings. The researcher have also provided evidences for the urgent need in innovative instruments to upgrade the educational system and given the description of the processes of demand formation for highly-qualified specialists. And, finally, the study researcher have comprehensively investigated in the issue of innovative potential growth of local universities.
