Abstract
The current article discusses upon the necessity of preserving national identity and promoting cultural values while integrating into the global world. Successful interaction with an external environment in ongoing process of globalization is a kind of logical development in the establishment of statehood. Therefore, the need for an educator, competent in specific elements of intercultural communicative competence, is important. However, cultural standardization spreading worldwide has increased interest to an opposing phenomenon as national identity. The article suggests the urgency of developing and preserving national consciousness and national education while involving into multiculturalism of the present world. The goal of the current article is to review the theoretical knowledge base in regard to national consciousness and education. Apart from this, the paper emphasizes the importance of cultural values, as the foundation of Kazakh identity, based on cultural, ethnic, and linguistic diversity. Multiculturalism, rising migration rates and the emergence of national and cultural disputes determine the relevance of paper. This article relies on a variety of relevant sources and studies. Authors of this study also search for answers to the main research question such as why it is important to establish national identity, what the is role of national education and national consciousness and how to develop intercultural competence