Testing takes place in regional testing halls, whose addresses are published on the website of the Civil Service Agency.
In order to sign up for testing, you need to apply online on the portal Gov.kz, or contact the SC NJSC "Government for Citizens", having an identity card with you.
Testing for knowledge of the state language and legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan consists of three programs:
The first program is designed for categories A-1, A-2, A-3, A-4, A-5, B-1, B-2, B-3, B-4, C-1, C-2, C-3, C-O-1, C-O-2, C-R-1, D-1, D-2, D-3, D-O-1, D-O-2, E-1, E-2 and includes:
- tests knowledge of the state language (20 questions) lasting 20 minutes;
- tests on knowledge of the Constitution (15 questions), constitutional laws "On the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan" (15 questions), "On the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan" (15 questions), Administrative Procedural Code (15 questions), laws "On the Civil service of the Republic of Kazakhstan" (15 questions), "On combating corruption" (15 questions), "On Legal acts" (15 questions), "On Public Services" (15 questions), the Code of Ethics of Civil Servants (Rules of Ethics of Civil Servants), approved by Presidential Decree No. 153 of December 29, 2015 (10 questions).
The values of passing the test in the first program are at least 91 correct answers out of the total number of questions (130 questions) for all regulatory legal acts and at least 5 correct answers for each regulatory legal act. The total time to complete the tests for knowledge of the legislation under the first program is 115 minutes.
The second program is designed for categories B-5, B-6, C-4, C-5, C-O-3, C-O-4, C-O-5, C-O-6, C-R-2, C-R-3, C-R-4, D-4, D-5, D-O-3, D-O-4, D-O-5, D-O-6, D-R-1, D-R-2, D-R-3, E-3, E-R-1, E-R-2, E-R-3, E-G-1, E-G-2 and includes:
- state language proficiency tests (20 questions) lasting 20 minutes;
- tests on knowledge of the Constitution (15 questions), the Constitutional law "On the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan" (15 questions), the Administrative Procedural Code (15 questions), the laws "On Public Service of the Republic of Kazakhstan" (15 questions), "On combating corruption" (15 questions), "On public services" (15 questions), "On Local Public Administration and Self-Government in the Republic of Kazakhstan" (15 questions), the Code of Ethics of Civil Servants (Rules of Official Ethics of Civil Servants), approved by Presidential Decree No. 153 of December 29, 2015 (10 questions).
The values of passing the test in the second program are at least 69 correct answers out of the total number of questions (115 questions) for all regulatory legal acts and at least 5 correct answers for each regulatory legal act. The total time to complete the tests for knowledge of the legislation in the second program is 105 minutes.
The third program is designed for categories C-R-5, D-R-4, D-R-5, E-4, E-5, E-R-4, E-R-5, E-G-3, E-G-4 and includes:
- state language proficiency tests (20 questions) lasting 20 minutes;
- tests on knowledge of the Constitution (15 questions), the Administrative Procedural Code (15 questions), the laws "On Public Service of the Republic of Kazakhstan" (15 questions), "On combating Corruption" (15 questions), "On local public administration and self-government in the Republic of Kazakhstan" (15 questions), "On state Services" (15 questions), the Code of Ethics of Civil Servants (Rules of Official Ethics of Civil Servants), approved by Presidential Decree No. 153 of December 29, 2015 (10 questions).
The values of passing the test in the third program are at least 50 correct answers from the total number of questions (100 questions) for all regulatory legal acts and at least 5 correct answers for each regulatory legal act. The total time to complete the tests for knowledge of the legislation under the third program is 95 minutes.
You can learn more about the procedure for organizing testing here.