Abstract
The problem of educating children with special educational needs in the country iscurrently one of the main areas of focus in all spheres of education. Relying on the Constitution ofthe Republic of Kazakhstan, the Law on Education and analysing international, state normativedocuments, it has been established that children with special educational needs have the legal fullright to study in educational organisations together with other children. The article presentsstatistical data on the number of children with special educational needs in the country for the lastdecade, determines in which regions of the country the number of children with special educationalneeds prevails, provides quantitative data depending on the gender and age of children. Based on theresults of the analysis, it can be seen that the number of children with special educational needs hasbeen increasing over the years and represents a deficit of teaching staff working in this area in thecountry. The need to train inclusively competent specialists is caused by the social demand in thecountry. In addition, this article describes the main reasons for the need for inclusive competentprofessionals working with children with special educational needs in the country. In this regard,there is a clear need to consider the training of future teachers, for whom the universities have formedinclusive competence, as one of the main objectives.