The article analyzes in detail the activities and creativity of the scientific and pedagogical intelligentsia of Alash and Kazakhstan. The author also considered the pedagogical heritage of the Alash intelligentsia in line with the value of the continuity of generations. The author drew attention to the fact that the path given by the leaders of Alash continues in independent Kazakhstan.

            Analysis of the views of the Kazakh intelligentsia on the issues of Kazakh education in the first half of the twentieth century showed that schools that first began to open provided for teaching only Russian, in the future, by the beginning of the twentieth century, intellectuals must necessarily teach their native language in primary schools until the age of twelve or thirteen. Due to the fact that schooling is a problem for the common population, Kazakh rich and pilgrims, local institutions raised funds, helped Kazakh children to study and get an education. A small number of schools, including teachers teaching in the Kazakh language, have created serious obstacles to the education and training of specialists. This is due to the fact that the training of future teachers in the shortest possible time, at short preparatory courses, led to their low professional qualifications. In general, education in Kazakhstan is considered in the works of the Kazakh intelligentsia, shows that they worked hard, fought for the bright future of their people.