Astronomy in additional education in Kazakhstan

The merging of astronomy and physics into one subject in Kazakhstan’s schools has hampered the knowledge of astronomy that had been established over tha past years. It is necessary to create a new system of aspace education for schoolchildren and the system of additional education should be leading this work. Additional education of astronomy in Kazakhstan began with astronomical clubs in the 1960s. In this paper a new system of additional education of astronomy in Kazakhstan is proposed.