The article dwells on the changes that the information society has brought to all spheres of human life, education being one of them. A huge gap has appeared between the countries which produce and circulate knowledge, thus defining the dominant trends in different fields of science and technology, and economically less developed countries. At present, the notion of poverty acquires new meanings, since it is defined not only by the material conditions in which people live, but also by the existing opportunities to get access to new cultural and social meanings, to actively participate in new social practices. ICT can give people of different countries more possibilities to obtain key information necessary for understanding the dynamics of developments in different spheres of globalized and digital reality. E-leadership skills help make the best use of digital technologies within any type of organization and introduce digital innovations in both the public and private sectors. The article addresses the problem of the educational system response to the new scenarios against the background of the changes that new technologies dictate. The educational system leadership should consider the fact that today's teachers should be capable of making agreeable use of digital tools and be willing to introduce them into their classes on a daily basis. These skills and abilities have become even more relevant during the pandemic of COVID 19. Apart from theoretical insights, the article presents the results of a small-scale empirical research on the attitude to digitalization of educational leadership in Kazakhstan. (C) 2021 Published by European Publisher.
