The main goal of the state programs for the development of education and science of the Republic of Kazakhstan is to increase the global competitiveness of Kazakhstan's education and science. In this regard, work has been carried out in the country to introduce the updated content of education into the educational process of secondary schools, aimed at developing the functional literacy of schoolchildren.
The article touches upon considerations on these issues. It considers methodological aspects of students’ functional literacy formation when teaching mathematics in accordance with the requirements of the state secondary education mandatory standards. The goals and objectives of teaching mathematics in the secondary education system, the content of teaching, methods, techniques of organizing the educational process, means and their capabilities in implementing the applied orientation of teaching mathematics are reflected.
The authors define the methodological system for students’ functional literacy formation in mathematics and the content of its internal structural elements, the level of training in international studies PISA, TIMSS. Also, based on the analysis, methodological requirements and recommendations have been developed aimed at students’ functional literacy formation literacy in the process of teaching mathematics in a secondary school.