Kazakhstan is known for its education . President puts a lot of energy and effort to a good education is achieved in . in Kazakhstan there are many schools such as Turkish lyceums Nazarbayev Lyceum. The population of Kazakhstan consists mainly of Muslim Kazakhs and Russians; there are smaller minorities of Ukrainians, Germans, Uzbeks, and Tatars. Kazakh, a Turkic language, is the official tongue, but Russian is still widely used.