The heritage of Abai as the basis for the formation of an intellectual personality is studied in this article, so the heritage of the thinker and the scientific conclusions are taken as a basis. If we study the works of Abai, we will meet with the basic principles of folk pedagogy that contributes to the gradual absorption of qualities in the spirit of heroism, patriotism, the struggle for honour, dignity and morality. The main idea of Abai’s works is the basic qualities of a person: the formation of «full-fledged person» is revealed comprehensively through the relationships to each other, the relationship between volitional qualities, willpower, mind and courage.

The activities carried out in the education system related to the implementation of the idea of «Kazakh yeli – mangilik yel» are the main direction in the education system as well as they are the issues of establishing a link between the past and present of our history.