Abstract
ABSTRACT The purpose of this article is to analyze the system of motivation of scientific and pedagogical workers, which operates today in universities, to assess the satisfaction of teachers with the current motivation system that exists in the university and, based on the results of the analysis and evaluation, to formulate recommendations that will be aimed at improving the motivation system of teaching staff in universities of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The following methods were used in the study: synthesis, comparison, economic and statistical analysis, generalization and interpretation of the results obtained, and graphical representation of data. The data of the Bureau of National Statistics of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the results of an Internet survey conducted on the Google Forms platform were used as a source of statistical information. The results of the study are as follows: the dynamics of the number of teachers in the country has been studied, the analysis of the system of labor motivation in universities of the Republic of Kazakhstan has been carried out, and recommendations aimed at improvement have been formulated. The practical significance of this study is determined by the fact that the proposed recommendations can be the basis for the development of a new system of motivation in universities.